5.6x50mm Magnum

The 5.6x50mm Magnum cartridge was developed in Germany for use as a legal hunting round alongside the 5.6x50mmR. The two cartridges are dimensionally and ballistically identical in all respects, except that the Magnum cartridge is not rimmed.

Typically firing a 50-grain bullet at c.3,400 ft/s, this cartridge occupies a useful performance niche approximately halfway between the .222 Remington - 3100 ft/s - and the 5.6x57mm - 3900 ft/s, similar to the .222 Remington Magnum. In Germany the cartridge was used with appropriate bullets to hunt deer, in America, it was primarily a varmint hunting cartridge.

Specifications
Shoulder angle:    23 degrees

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