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5 mm caliber. Examples of 5 mm cartridges, .22 Short (left) and .22 Long Rifle (5.6×10mmR and 5.6×15mmR) « 4 mm. Firearm cartridges. 6 mm ». This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets in the 5.00 to 5.99 mm (0.197 to 0.236 in) caliber range. Length refers to the cartridge case length. OAL refers to the overall length of the ...
medium-bore refers to calibers with a diameter of 0.33 inches (8.4 mm) to 0.39 inches (9.9 mm) large-bore refers to calibers with a diameter of 0.40 inches (10 mm) or larger There is much variance in the use of the term "small-bore", which over the years has changed considerably, with anything under 0.577 inches (14.7 mm) considered "small-bore ...
Source (s): [1] The 5.6×39mm, also known in the U.S. as .220 Russian, is a cartridge developed in 1961 for deer hunting in the USSR. [3] It fires a 5.6mm projectile from necked down 7.62×39mm brass. While it originally re-used 7.62x39 cases, once it became popular enough commercial ammunition started being manufactured, both in the USSR and ...
The FN-created cartridge was named "5.56×45mm NATO" with a military designation of SS109 in NATO and M855 in the U.S. [13] These new SS109 ball cartridges required a 228 mm (1-in-9 inch) twist rate while adequately stabilizing the longer L110 tracer projectile required an even faster, 178 mm (1-in-7 inch), twist rate. [5]
In 1968 Günter Frères developed the parent case, the rimmed 5.6×50mmR Magnum (designated 5,6 x 50 R Mag. by the C.I.P. According to the official C.I.P ruling, the rimless 5.6×50mm Magnum can handle up to 380.00 MPa (55,114 psi) P max piezo pressure, which is 40.00 MPa (5,802 psi) more than the rimmed parent case developed four years prior.
The 6.5mm Creedmoor (6.5×48mm), [6] designated 6.5 Creedmoor by SAAMI, 6,5 Creedmoor by the C.I.P. [4] is a centerfire rifle cartridge introduced by Hornady in 2007. [7]It was developed by Hornady senior ballistics scientist Dave Emary in partnership with Dennis DeMille, the vice-president of product development at Creedmoor Sports, hence the name.
The 5.6×57mm (designated as the 5,6 × 57 by the C.I.P.) [1] cartridge was created by Rheinisch-Westfälische Sprengstoffwerke (RWS) [de] in Germany in 1964 by necking down popular 7×57mm Mauser (similarly to how Paul Mauser himself created 6.5×57mm Mauser) for hunting small deer such as roe deer, and for chamois.
5.7×28mm sporting cartridges. From left to right: SS195LF, SS196SR, and SS197SR. Test barrel length: 263 mm (10.4 in) for bullets 1-3, 406 mm (16.0 in) for bullets 4-5. The FN 5.7×28mm (designated as the 5.7×28 by the C.I.P. [7] and FN 5.7×28mm NATO[9]) is a small- caliber, high- velocity, smokeless-powder, rebated, non-tapered, bottleneck ...