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We were cheated anyway. The original 30-06 design was for a rifle with 30" barrel and a carbine with 24" barrel. They never made the 30" !
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That is interesting. If so.
The Krag was made as a 30" rifle and a 22" carbine.
The 1901 Springfield ".30 Headless" was a full 30" rifle for the very few made.
My sources say the barrel length of the 1903 was set at 24" to avoid the need for a carbine. So we then had the 1903 .30-03 with 24" barrel, followed by the 1903 .30-06 with 24" barrel.
I don't see any place in the chronology for a 30" .30-06. Except the Free Rifle, which is a different cat.
The British and Germans had the same idea which might have given Springfield management an incentive.