{"product_id":"original-u-s-30-40-krag-inert-cartridge-frankford-arsenal-fa-february-1904-dated","title":"Original U.S. .30-40 Krag Inert Cartridge – Frankford Arsenal FA February 1904 Dated","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"128\" data-end=\"296\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn original \u003cstrong data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"192\"\u003eU.S. .30-40 Krag (.30 U.S. Army) inert cartridge\u003c\/strong\u003e manufactured by \u003cstrong data-start=\"209\" data-end=\"230\"\u003eFrankford Arsenal\u003c\/strong\u003e in \u003cstrong data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"251\"\u003eFebruary 1904\u003c\/strong\u003e, as identified by the \u003cstrong data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"285\"\u003eFA 2 04\u003c\/strong\u003e headstamp.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"731\"\u003eIntroduced in 1892, the .30-40 Krag was the \u003cstrong data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"387\"\u003efirst smokeless powder military cartridge\u003c\/strong\u003e officially adopted by the United States Army. It was issued for use in the famous \u003cstrong data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"506\"\u003eKrag–Jørgensen rifle and carbine\u003c\/strong\u003e, seeing service during the \u003cstrong data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"558\"\u003eSpanish–American War\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"591\"\u003ePhilippine–American War\u003c\/strong\u003e, and throughout the early years of the twentieth century before gradually being replaced by the M1903 Springfield and the .30-03 cartridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"1127\"\u003eThis example was produced by \u003cstrong data-start=\"762\" data-end=\"797\"\u003eFrankford Arsenal, Philadelphia\u003c\/strong\u003e, the principal U.S. Government ammunition manufacturing facility. 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