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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 ...
Sights. "Three-dot" type: fixed or adjustable; 177.8 mm (7 in) sight radius [11] The FN Five-seven (stylized as Five-seveN) is a semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. [8] The pistol is named for the 5.7×28mm cartridge's bullet diameter, and the trademark's capitalization style is intended to emphasize the ...
The FN P90 is a personal defense weapon chambered for the 5.7×28mm cartridge, also classified as a submachine gun, designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. [9][10][11] Created in response to NATO requests for a replacement for 9×19mm Parabellum firearms, the P90 was designed as a compact but powerful firearm for vehicle crews ...
While modern firearms are generally referred to by the name of the cartridge the gun is chambered for, they are still categorized together based on bore diameter. For example, a firearm might be described as a "30 caliber rifle", which could accommodate any of a wide range of cartridges using a roughly 0.30 inches (7.6 mm) projectile; or as a "22 rimfire", referring to any rimfire firearms ...
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 ...
It was originally named the MMJ 5.7mm [1] by its designer and is also known in the U.S. as the 5.7mm Johnson, the Johnson MMJ 5.7mm Spitfire, and the .22 Johnson, (or 5.7×33mm internationally). In 1963, Melvin M. Johnson developed a conversion of the M1 Carbine (by either relining or re-barreling the M1 Carbine ) to a .224 caliber bore, using ...
All sizes in millimeters (mm) plus Imperial (inches). The .222 Remington or 5.7×43mm (C.I.P), also known as the triple deuce, triple two, and treble two, is a centerfire rifle cartridge. Introduced in 1950, it was the first commercial rimless .22 (5.56 mm) cartridge made in the United States. As such, it was an entirely new design, without a ...
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