The cartridge was developed for the United States and secretly produced in quantity too late for its intended use during World War I.

The United States scrapped the weapons built for the cartridge between the world wars.

The French military were introduced to the cartridge when the US demonstrated the Pedersen device after the end of World War I in Le Mans and again when John Browning exhibited a carbine in the same caliber in 1920.

In 2022, Federal Ammunition introduced the .30 Super Carry cartridge for use in pistols as a competitor to the 9x19 Parabellum.

While extremely similar in size, the .30 Super Carry is too large and too powerful to use in original French firearms.