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Cartridge box?
Mar 20th, 2012 at 11:20am
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What was the standard issue equipment for carrying ammo? I'm familiar with the Mills belt but can't believe that sort of single shot equipment served for a magazine rifle as well.
  
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Re: Cartridge box?
Reply #1 - Mar 21st, 2012 at 1:54am
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Well, it did!!  The McKeever box was also used, but was of the same level of thinking.
  
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Re: Cartridge box?
Reply #2 - Mar 21st, 2012 at 3:22pm
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I guess the "level of thinking" was that the Krag was essentially a single shot with a few bonus rounds if needed! I have to wonder how long a career the Krag might have had if it hadn't run up against the Mauser in Cuba.
  
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Re: Cartridge box?
Reply #3 - Mar 21st, 2012 at 3:48pm
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That was basically the doctrine of the day. Single load, keeping the magazine in reserve to "repel a charge". Since the Krag wasn't a clip-loader (excluding the Parkhurst experiment - which, BTW, actually worked) storage of individual rounds wasn't an issue.

The transition to a Mauser-like clip-loading design was inevitable, and the Krag was always seen as a foreign interloper anyhow - it wasn't even called a Springfield! That term was reserved for the .45-70, until the 1903, which was called "the New Springfield".
  
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