Type Rifle Designer Günter Frères Case type Rimless, bottleneck | Place of origin West Germany Designed 1970 | |
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Parent case 5.6×50mmR (Rimmed, 1968) | ||
The 5.6×50mm Magnum (designated as the 5,6 × 50 Mag. by the C.I.P.) is a centerfire, rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge that was developed in 1970 by Günter Frères of the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM).
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Parent case 5.6×50mmR Magnum
In 1968 Günter Frères of the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) had developed the parent case the rimmed 5.6×50mmR Magnum (designated as the 5,6 x 50 R Mag. by the C.I.P.). According to the official C.I.P. (Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives) rulings the rimmed 5.6×50mmR Magnum can handle up to 340.00 MPa (49,313 psi) Pmax piezo pressure. That is 40.00 MPa (5,802 psi) less Pmax piezo pressure than the rimless 5.6×50mm Magnum.
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 200 m (219 yd). In North America it is considered a varmint hunting cartridge.
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.