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Has the British used this rifle in WWI? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:4200:EEB7:3C98:E5DA:69F6:21A (talk) 02:01, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
The "The 30 Remington was basically a rimless version of the .30-30 and load data from that cartridge is interchangeable." claim near the end of the Design section does not prove out. The .30-30 is based on the .30-55 cartridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.30-30_Winchester ), which has a case diameter of .421-inch near the base (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.38-55_Winchester ), while the .30 Remington was designed as a new cartridge, is .500-inch near the base, and it's also about a half inch shorter than the .30-30 case (https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/reloading-the-30-remington-ar/329897 ). Comparing recommended load data for those 2 cartridges (.30 Remington AR and .30-30 Winchester) on https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/reloading-data-center?rdc=true&type=54 shows higher (by about 6 grains, which is a 20% difference) starting and maximum loads for the .30 Remington round. To get to that Hodgdon site, I started at IMR powder's site (https://imrpowder.com/) then chose Resources from the top menu, and Reloading Data Center from its dropdown menu (starting out at Hodgdon's site seems to give slightly different menus, without the .30 Remington bullet/cartridge choice), then compared load data for 130, 150, and 160 grain bullets in both calibers, using the same IMR powders. Darr247 (talk) 15:41, 3 October 2021 (UTC)