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I have an older Savage 99 that gives 30 WCF as the Caliber printed on the barrel. Please enlighten me on this caliber.
Although I will agree that it is a great cartridge and vastly underrated, the 30 WCF was hardly "revolutionary" at the time of its introduction in 1895. It was a slightly modified copy of the 303 Savage both in performance and appearances. But it did introduce the American shooting public to smokeless powder, and helped to obsolete a whole bevy of cartridges and rifles virtually overnight. Suddenly 2,300 fps was the new ne plus ultra.It's one of most under-rated cartridges of our time. In its early days it was revolutionary.
The first step in that process was the Model 1892, which led directly to the Model 1894.
As to the argument about the term 'revolutionary' with respect to the 30 WCF, it short it was as it was the first US caliber produced specifically for smokeless powders. While it's true that calibers like came before it, they all were black powder based, including the 303 Savage.
As to the statement about the '92 leading to the '94, that is true. The '94 evolved from the '92's design directly as a larger action to accommodate the 30 WCF's size, however, the '92 was an evolution of the '86,