Melbourne, Florida– June 2022– Royal Tiger Imports now has original Dominican .30 Carbine ammunition available! This ammunition was produced by the San Cristobal Armory in the mid to late 1950s and has been in storage until now. This ammunition was produced for the Dominican San Cristobal carbines, but this ammo can be used in a variety of other weapons such as the M1 Carbine. This ammunition is non-corrosive.
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What was a San Cristobal Carbine?
So you are a Caribbean dictator with mouths to feed and a huge army to equip, what do you do? Well for one island generalissimo, the solution was easy: build your own rifles.
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina’s official rank was commander of the army and president, but was known simply in the Dominican Republic as el jefe, or ‘the boss’. This was because Trujillo was the strongman at the head of the country’s government for more than three decades from the 1930s to 1961 when he ate a bullet at the hand of a group of assassins.
Besides the always-present threat of coups and local uprisings, the country bordered largely unstable Haiti under Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, and the two had tension from time to time. This led to Trujillo expanding the army to over 50,000 soldiers. The problem was that by the late 1940s, the country had few assets, and, while Trujillo was close to other Latin dictators including Franco of Spain, Peron of Argentina, and Somoza of Nicaragua, fewer friends. To keep his legions under arms, he needed guns.
Luckily, he knew a guy.
Hungarian engineer Pal Kiraly, who made guns for SIG back before WWII then the Danuvia 39M and 43M models of lever-delayed blowback submachine guns for the Hungarian Army during the war, crafted the .30 caliber select-fire Cristóbal carbine for Trujillo’s Dominican Republic in the 1960s. Putting it into domestic production in a new factory staffed by professionals from Eastern Europe that had escaped from the Russians, the gun was interesting and high-quality, all things considered.
It was a neat little rifle and some 250,000~ were made, seeing service in Cuba during ‘La Revolucion as well as in the DR for a few decades.
San Cristobal carbine on display at US Army Airborne Museum at Fort Benning. The Army captured a few of these back during the U.S. Intervention in the DR in 1965-66 (great 250-page U.S Army paper on that here) and click on the image to big up if you want
More About the Ammo
Each box of .30 Carbine ammunition contains 50 rounds of ammunition.
The box may have some handling wear, marks, or dust from storage. Box condition is generally good, but there may be small stains, marks, or rips in the packaging as it is at least 60 years old.
Also Lake City Ordnance WWII Era .30 Carbine Ammo
RTI also has original WWII US .30 Carbine ammunition now available! This ammunition is a WWII vintage produced by Remington and has been in storage until now. Each box of .30 Carbine ammunition contains 50 rounds of ammunition.
The ammunition is in excellent condition but may have a slight tarnish finish due to its age. The box may have some handling wear or dust from storage. Box condition is very good, but there may be small marks or rip in the packaging as it is at least 70 years old.
Photo I.D. required for purchase, please email a photo I.D. along with your order number to ffl@rtifirearms.com. Thank you for your business!