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Well I shot one
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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1195032" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>Yes. The 30-30 came after the .32-40. By then smokeless powder or as you say, the new powder was available. There were a number of cartridge designations that were used in the black powder days where the second number was the amount of black powder that went into the case (.45-90, etc). I am speculating that they did that because men who handloaded around the campfire with the original hand tools of the day did not have reference material. That way it was easy to remember the charge in grains. Although most probably had no scale but used powder scoops like you see with the Lee hand tools.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1195032, member: 17767"] Yes. The 30-30 came after the .32-40. By then smokeless powder or as you say, the new powder was available. There were a number of cartridge designations that were used in the black powder days where the second number was the amount of black powder that went into the case (.45-90, etc). I am speculating that they did that because men who handloaded around the campfire with the original hand tools of the day did not have reference material. That way it was easy to remember the charge in grains. Although most probably had no scale but used powder scoops like you see with the Lee hand tools. [/QUOTE]
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