Here are a few pictures of some old original ammunition I got from my father. He told me they belonged to his dad. I know after WWI my grandfather got a new in the grease 1903 Springfield and a New Military Colt 1911 from a WWI Vet. My Dad thinks they came from a National Guard Armory that the WWI Vet was a member of. I don't know where he got this ammunition. I have about 36 rounds of it.

It is Marked "W.R.A. CO. 30 G. 1906". I guess that is 30 Government. The case is brass and the bullet has a steel jacket. The primer is in the white with a very heavy crimp around it. You can spin the bullets in the case.

I will try to get better pictures in the near future.

Nope, not military, definitely commercial loading....

Really. Thanks for the info.

Yep, that is strictly a commercial headstamp....now commercial ammo isn't my thing, it may very well date from that period, but US Military .30 cal headstsamps are always simply the initials of the plant and year of manufacture, WWI, mid wars, WWII, post war....unless it is some sort of oddball round, or special loading, they are pretty simple headstamps for USGI...like "FA 1918" or "SL 44"...

They probably originally came in a box that looked like this:

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I believe the jacket is Cupro-Nickel.

And now for some confusion...

30-40 Krag is/was also called .30 US or .30 Army
The cartridge for the new M1903 rifle was called .30 Government (like 45/70 was also called 45/70 Government)
So, when the M1906 cartridge was developed it was called .30 Government M1906.
BUT, in a few of it's catalogs, Winchester listed 30-40 Krag as .30 Government in the caliber offerings for the 1895 Winchester.
So, to avoid the confusion caused by Winchester, .30 Government M1903 was shortened to 30-'03 and .30 Government M1906 was shortened to 30-'06.

Winchester Staynless was their answer to Remington Kleanbore. Both companies switched to a non-mercuric, non-corrosive primer recipe, 1928 and 1926 respectively, for most of their commercial ammo offerings.

Yes ..that is the box they came in...I just shot some of those from the 20-30s...put them in fresh brass and new primers.