A question I had regarding the "Short Range", what pressures could the Remington Rolling Blocks, and others with the 30/30 chambering, handle? By 1895 had they all accepted smokeless or were they black and smokeless depending on the cartridge?
This may be a partial answer from the "Arms of the World-1911" Alfa reprint. The "Winchester Trade Mark Model 1894" with a round barrel 51cm in length is offered in the following calibres: 25-35, 30W, 32W Sp., 32-40, 38-55. The ammo shown for the 30W is either "Short Range Model 1894" or "Smokeless". When you look in the ammo selection, 25-35, 30W, 32W Sp. are all smokeless while 32-40 black powder w/ mantled bullet, 32-40 Sh. R.(Short Range) Smokeless and 3 Savage offers in .32-40-165 Smokeless. Also the 38-55 is offered in black with mantled bullet, Short Range in black powder and high velocity smokeless. I'll have to revise my black & lead statement regarding the 32-40 and 38-55 or either this is an interim period of a work in progress.
"The Gun", Greener's 9th Edition, on "Trajectory of American Ammunition fired from Winchester Rifles" gives .25-20 W.C.F. as black & smokeless, .25-35 W.C.F.(Metal Patch Soft Point) 26 grains as smokeless, .30 W.C.F. Smokeless at 30 grains, .32 Winchester as black, .32-40 & .38-55 as black, or doesn't note smokeless.
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Raimey
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