Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 5.45×39mm cartridge is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge.It was introduced into service in 1974 by the Soviet Union for use with the new AK-74.The 5.45×39mm gradually supplemented and then largely replaced the 7.62×39mm cartridge in Soviet and Warsaw Pact service as the primary military service rifle cartridge.
5.45×39mm firearms (3 C, 3 P) This page was last edited on 17 August 2015, at 00:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike ...
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 in Finland.
From left to right: 1.17 Hornady Mach 2, 2.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, 3.22 Long Rifle, 4.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, 5.17/23 SMc, 6 5mm/35 SMc, 7.22 Hornet, 8.223 Remington, 9.223 WSSM, 10.243 Winchester, 11.243 Winchester Improved (Ackley), 12.25-06 Remington, 13.270 Winchester, 14.308 Winchester, 15.30-06 Springfield, 16.45-70 Government ...
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 cartridge.
Standard equipment includes: eight magazines, six stripper clips (15 rounds per clip), a speedloader guide, cleaning rod, cleaning kit, sling, oil bottle and two magazine pouches. [9] Some variants do not come with the cleaning kit option. It is in widespread use by member states of the former Soviet Union, as well as Bulgaria. [9]
SMc cartridges were developed in an attempt to produce an efficient cartridge combining low recoil, low heat, and high velocity. [4] The 5 mm/35 SMc has produced velocities in excess of 4,800 ft/s (1,500 m/s) shooting a 30-grain (1.9 g) molybdenum disulfide-coated Berger bullet from a 28-inch (71 cm) Pac-Nor barrel, far higher than its commercial counterpart the .204 Ruger.
A popular 7 mm hunting caliber bullet is actually .283 in diameter (7.2 mm), but wildcat cartridges using this caliber bullet in a 5.56 x 45 case have so far not been successful. There is an existing and well-developed use of hunting-rifle bullets in the .277 caliber (6.8 mm), introduced by Winchester as the 270 in 1925.