The .50 Remington Navy / 13x21mmRF is a
American
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rimfire handgun
A handgun is a firearm designed to be usable with only one hand. It is distinguished from a long gun, long barreled gun (i.e., carbine, rifle, shotgun, submachine gun, or machine gun) which typically is intended to be held by both hands and br ...
cartridge.
History
Introduced for the Remington Navy single-shot,
rolling block
A rolling-block action is a single-shot firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. The breechblock is shaped like a section of a circle.
The breechblock is locked into p ...
pistol
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in 1865, the low-velocity round loaded a bullet over of
black powder
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.
The rimfire version was replaced in 1866 by a
centerfire
Two rounds of .357 Magnum, a centerfire cartridge; notice the circular primer in the center
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equivalent. A
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primed version remained commercially available until
World War I
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The power of the .50 Remington was less than average, but the heavy bullet, even at comparatively low velocity, made it "a rather potent handgun round".
See also
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.50 caliber handguns
A .50 caliber handgun is a handgun firing a bullet measuring approximately in diameter intended with the task of penetration. Historically, many black powder pistols fired bullets with diameters well above a half inch. However, following the de ...
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List of cartridges by caliber
Calibers in the size range of (mm, inches):
*2 mm caliber, 2 mm (.079+ caliber)
*3 mm caliber, 3 mm (.118+ caliber)
*4 mm caliber, 4 mm (.157+ caliber)
*5 mm caliber, 5 mm (.197+ caliber)
*6 mm caliber, 6 mm (.236+ caliber)
*7 mm caliber, 7 mm ...
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List of handgun cartridges
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Table of handgun cartridges
Other cartridges used in handguns
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List of rimfire cartridges
Below is a list of rimfire cartridges'' (''RF), ordered by caliber, small to large. Rimfire ammunition is a type of metallic cartridge whose primer is located within a hollow circumferential rim protruding from the base of its casing.
The most ...
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13 mm caliber
This is a list of firearm cartridges which have bullets that are to in caliber.
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References
Notes
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Rimfire cartridges
Remington Arms cartridges
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