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Something that's interesting about doing historical research for gaming is what's popular as opposed to what's available.
Also, what's available versus what exists.
The fact that three players could take all three guns which appeared in single numbers in one SEAL team in Vietnam says a lot about what happens when the list makes no distinction between there being a con-ex full of M16's and a special order R607 carbine.
The .30-30 and .30-40 are very similar and were introduced at almost the same time.
But the .30-30 was far more popular and available for a long spell.
I think two things contributed to .30-30 getting ahead.
First the customer base was familiar with lever actions with tube magazines, the second was the price of a Krag.
The Winchester was cheaper and readily available. Guns in .30-40 just weren't.
.30-40 really only becomes popular when the US Government dumps all those Krags on the surplus market. Nearly free guns and ammo hit the market.
But, still, the .30-30 maintained the lead. Americans loved their lever guns!
Hardly anyone made new guns for the Krag cartridge. Because of that, you can't hardly find .30-40 ammo regularly.
Even .300 Savage is available more often (itself being the second most popular hunting round in the US until .308 Winchester knocked it under .30-06).
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