5.6×50mm Magnum explained

5.6×50mm Magnum
Origin:West Germany
Type:Rifle
Designer:Günter Frères
Design Date:1970
Is Si Specs:yes
Parent:5.6×50mmR (Rimmed, 1968)
Case Type:Rimless, bottleneck
Bullet:5.70
Land:5.56
Neck:6.48
Shoulder:9.00
Base:9.56
Rim Dia:9.60
Rim Thick:1.14
Case Length:50.00
Length:61.30
Rifling:350 mm (1 in 13.77 in)
Primer:Small rifle
Max Pressure:380.00
Is Si Ballistics:yes
Bwunit:gram
Bw1:3.2
Btype1:SP
Vel1:1100
En1:1840
Bw2:3.6
Btype2:SP
Vel2:1000
En2:1800
Bw3:3.9
Btype3:SP
Vel3:980
En3:1840
Bw4:4.1
Btype4:RWS TMS
Vel4:920
En4:1735
Balsrc:Cartridges of the World[1]

The 5.6×50mm Magnum (designated as the 5,6 × 50 Mag. by the C.I.P.[2]) is a centerfire, rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge that was developed in 1970 by Günter Frères of the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM).

Parent case

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 380MPa Pmax piezo pressure, which is 40MPa more than the rimmed parent case developed four years prior.[3]

Uses

The 5.6×50mm Magnum and 5.6×50mmR Magnum cartridges were developed in Germany as legal hunting cartridges for small game, fox, chamois and roe deer at ranges up to and over 2000NaN0.[4] In North America it is considered a varmint hunting cartridge.[1]

Related cartridges

This cartridge occupies a useful performance niche approximately halfway between the .222 Remington and the 5.6×57mm, similar to the slightly less powerful .222 Remington Magnum and the .223 Remington.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Barnes, Frank C. . McPherson, M.L. . Cartridges of the World . limited . 8th . 1965 . 1997 . DBI Books . 347, 374 . 0-87349-178-5.
  2. https://bobp.cip-bobp.org/uploads/tdcc/tab-i/tabical-en-page4.pdf C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 5,6 × 50 Mag.
  3. http://www.cip-bobp.org/homologation/uploads/tdcc/tab-ii/tabiical-en-page2.pdf C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 5,6 × 50 R Mag.
  4. Web site: RWS centerfire rifle cartridges in calibre 5,6 x 50 Magnum . 2013-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055152/http://rws-munition.de/en/hunting/products/rws-centerfire-rifle-cartridges/Product/show/soft-point-bullet/56-x-50-magnum.html . 2013-09-21 . dead .