5.6×50mm Magnum | ||||||||||||||||||||
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5.6×50mm, second from right | ||||||||||||||||||||
Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of origin | West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
Production history | ||||||||||||||||||||
Designer | Günter Frères | |||||||||||||||||||
Designed | 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||
Specifications | ||||||||||||||||||||
Parent cartridge | 5.6×50mmR (Rimmed, 1968) | |||||||||||||||||||
Case type | Rimless, bottleneck | |||||||||||||||||||
Bullet diameter | 5.70 mm (0.224 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Neck diameter | 6.48 mm (0.255 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Shoulder diameter | 9.00 mm (0.354 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Base diameter | 9.56 mm (0.376 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Rim diameter | 9.60 mm (0.378 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Rim thickness | 1.14 mm (0.045 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Case length | 50.00 mm (1.969 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Overall length | 61.30 mm (2.413 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Rifling twist | 350 mm (1 in 13.77 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Primer type | Small rifle | |||||||||||||||||||
Maximum pressure | 380.00 MPa (55,114 psi) | |||||||||||||||||||
Ballistic performance
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Source(s): Cartridges of the World[1] |
The 5.6×50mm Magnum (designated as the 5,6 × 50 Mag. by the C.I.P.[2]) is a center fire is a rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge was developed in 1970 by Günter Frères of the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM).
Parent case 5.6×50mmR Magnum[]
In 1968 Günter Frères of the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) had developed the parent case the rimmed 5.6×50mmR Magnum (designated as the 5,6 x 50 R Mag. by the C.I.P.[3]). According to the official C.I.P. (Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives) rulings the rimmed 5.6×50mmR Magnum can handle up to 340.00 MPa (49,313 psi) Pmax piezo pressure. That is 40.00 MPa (5,802 psi) less Pmax piezo pressure then the rimless 5.6×50mm Magnum.
Uses[]
The 5.6×50mm Magnum and 5.6×50mmR Magnum cartridges were developed in Germany as legal hunting cartridges for small game, fox, chamois and roe deer at ranges up to and over 200 m (219 yd).[4] In North America it is considered a varmint hunting cartridge.[1]
Related cartridges[]
This cartridge occupies a useful performance niche approximately halfway between the .222 Remington and the 5.6×57mm, similar to the slightly less powerful .222 Remington Magnum and the .223 Remington.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Barnes, Frank C. (1997) [1965]. McPherson, M.L.. ed. Cartridges of the World (8th Edition ed.). DBI Books. pp. 347, 374. ISBN 0-87349-178-5.
- ↑ C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 5,6 × 50 Mag.
- ↑ C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 5,6 × 50 R Mag.
- ↑ RWS centerfire rifle cartridges in calibre 5,6 x 50 Magnum
- 5.6×50 Magnum by Chuck Hawks
- 5.6×50 Magnum Cartridge dimensions at Steve's Pages
- Vihtavuori Metric Reloading Guide for Centerfire Cartridges, 2002, page 14
External links[]
- 5,6×50 Mag. at Deutsches-Jagd-Lexikon.de (German)
- 5,6×50 R Mag. at Deutsches-Jagd-Lexikon.de (German)
- Wiederladetipps by Klaus Dockendorf (German)
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