Let's quibble.Ruark wrote:Weeellllllll........ the CALIBER is 30-30 Winchester. So it was actually correct..........Abraham wrote:I just finished a novel describing a Marline 30-30 Winchester and not once, but about 3 times, arrrggghhh.
The Winchester cartridge was designated, as chambered for the Winchester Model 1894, .30 Winchester Center Fire or .30 WCF. When the cartridge was chambered in the Marlin Model 1893 rifle, Marlin used the designation .30-30 or .30-30 Smokeless. The added -30 stands for the standard load of 30 grains of smokeless powder. The Marlin designation is in accord with late-19th century American naming conventions. UMC (Union Metallic Cartridge Co.) also dropped the Winchester designation, as they did not want to put the name of a rival on their products.
The modern designation of .30-30 Winchester was arrived at by using Marlin's cartridge designation with the Winchester name appended. This designation also probably helped to avoid consumer confusion with the similarly shaped .30-40 Krag, which has been referred to as ".30 US" and ".30 Army".
So, arguably, Marlin products are chambered in .30-30, while Winchester and knock offs are chambered in .30 WCF or .30-30 Winchester.