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6.5mm Bergmann

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Type
  
Pistol

Designer
  
Bergmann

Case type
  
semi-rimmed

Place of origin
  
Germany

Produced
  
1895

Bullet diameter
  
.26 in (6.6 mm)

6.5mm Bergmann

The 6.5mm Bergmann is an unusual centerfire cartridge produced for very early self-loading pocket pistols. The case is bottle-necked and steeply conical, and headspaces on the conical case walls. Early versions were made without any rim or extraction groove; and relied upon blow-back for expulsion of the fired case from the chamber. Later Bergmann pistols provided an extractor requiring a groove which produced a semi-rimmed case.

References

6.5mm Bergmann Wikipedia