The 5.6×50mm Magnum (designated as the 5,6 × 50 Mag. by the C.I.P.C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 5,6 × 50 Mag.
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rimless A rim is an external flange that is machined, cast, molded, stamped, or pressed around the bottom of a firearms cartridge. Thus, rimmed cartridges are sometimes called "flanged" cartridges. Almost all cartridges feature an extractor or headspacing ...

, bottlenecked rifle

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that was developed in 1970 by Günter Frères of the

Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken ''Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktiengesellschaft'' (German Weapons and Munitions public limited company), known as DWM, was an arms company in Imperial Germany created in 1896 when '' Ludwig Loewe & Company'' united its weapons and am ...

(DWM).

Parent case

In 1968 Günter Frères developed the parent case, the rimmed 5.6x50mmR Magnum (designated 5,6 x 50 R Mag. by the C.I.P. According to the official C.I.P ruling, the rimless 5.6x50mm Magnum can handle up to P_max piezo pressure, which is more than the rimmed parent case developed four years prior.C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 5,6 × 50 R Mag.
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Uses

The 5.6×50mm Magnum and 5.6×50mmR Magnum cartridges were developed in

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as legal hunting cartridges for small game,

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, chamois and

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at ranges up to and over . In North America it is considered a

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cartridge.

Related cartridges

This cartridge occupies a useful performance niche approximately halfway between the

.222 Remington 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 Stat ...

and the 5.6×57mm, similar to the slightly less powerful

.222 Remington Magnum The .222 Remington Magnum was a short-lived commercially produced cartridge derived from the .222 Remington. Originally developed for a US military prototype Armalite AR-15 rifle in 1958, the cartridge was not adopted by the military, but ...

and the

.223 Remington The .223 Remington (designated as the 223 Remington by the SAAMI and 223 Rem by the CIP) is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It was developed in 1957 by Remington Arms and Fairchild Industries for the U.S. Continental Army Command ...

References

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

5,6×50 R Mag. at Deutsches-Jagd-Lexikon.de

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Parent case

Uses

Related cartridges

See also

References

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