Peter, The early cartridges were marked 30-30 Remington, i have one from the U.S. Cartridge company headstamped 30-30 Rem. I agree this only confused people and didn't help sales. Don
Originally Posted by Tbury
The early model 8 Remington Autoloading rifles were also marked .25-35 Remington as was the UMC Ammo. After the first yr the markings were changed to 30 Rem and 25 Rem. I guess there were enough hunters trying to stuff the wrong ammo in their guns to cause the change.
You guys are correct of course. I wonder if any of the 425 Stevens guns were actually marked on the barrel: 30-30 Rem?
