Engineering:5.6×39mm
5.6×39mm | ||||||||||||||||
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Type | Hunting | |||||||||||||||
Place of origin | USSR | |||||||||||||||
Production history | ||||||||||||||||
Designed | 1961 | |||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | SAKO & Lapua | |||||||||||||||
Specifications | ||||||||||||||||
Parent case | 7.62×39mm | |||||||||||||||
Case type | Rimless, Bottle-Neck | |||||||||||||||
Bullet diameter | .223 in (5.7 mm)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
Neck diameter | .248 in (6.3 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Shoulder diameter | .402 in (10.2 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Base diameter | .447 in (11.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Rim diameter | .447 in (11.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Rim thickness | .059 in (1.5 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Case length | 1.524 in (38.7 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Overall length | 1.917 in (48.7 mm) | |||||||||||||||
Case capacity | 30.1 gr H2O (1.95 cm3) | |||||||||||||||
Primer type | Small rifle | |||||||||||||||
Maximum pressure | 51,000 psi (350 MPa) | |||||||||||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||
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The 5.6×39mm, also known in the U.S. as .220 Russian, is a cartridge developed in 1961 for deer hunting in the USSR.[3] It fires a 5.6mm projectile from necked down 7.62×39mm brass. While it originally re-used 7.62x39 cases, once it became popular enough commercial ammunition started being manufactured, both in the USSR and in Finland.[4][5] When it was introduced to the United States by SAKO it was stamped .220 Russian. Lapua later changed the designation to .220 Russian for the American market as well.[6][5]
Soviet 5.6×39mm cartridges were loaded with smokeless powder VT (винтовочный пироксилиновый порох ВТ), as well as Soviet 7.62×54mmR and 9×53mmR hunting cartridges.[7] It is the parent case for the .22 PPC, 6mm PPC, and the 6.5mm Grendel cartridges.[6]
Ballistics
From Wolf.[8]
Firearms
In the Soviet Union, several hunting rifles were designed for this cartridge; MBO-1 target rifle, bolt-action carbine Bars, self-loading carbines MTs-127 (МЦ-127) and MTs-128 (МЦ-128), combination guns IZh-15,[9] MTs-5-35[10] and MTs-105-01 (МЦ-105-01).[11]
The TKB-022PM5 bullpup assault rifle, the IZh-94 "Sever", "Saiga-5.6" ("Сайга-5.6"), and "Saiga-5.6S" ("Сайга-5.6С") have been chambered in 5.6x39mm.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 М. Блюм. Патроны для промысла // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 5, 1971. стр.30-31
- ↑ "C.I.P. TDCC sheet 5,6 x 39". https://www.cip-bobp.org/homologation/uploads/tdcc/tab-i/tabical-en-page3.pdf.
- ↑ "220Russian5-6x39mm AMMO-ONE ammunition collection - The 5.6x39mm or .220 Russian". http://www.ammo-one.com/220Russian5-6x39mm.html.
- ↑ "5.6x39 from 7.62x39 Kalashnikov / MUNICION.ORG". March 5, 2014. http://www.municion.org/5_6Vostok/5_6Vostok.htm.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Competition Cartridges". https://www.6mmbr.com/compcartridges.html.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 ".220 Russian 5.6x39mm Cartridge Archives - Hughes Precision LLC .220 Russian (5.6×39mm) cartridge". https://hughesprecision.com/product-tag/220-russian/.
- ↑ Вопросы – ответы // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 1, 1994. стр.20-21
- ↑ https://archive.today/20080615140830/http://www.wolfammo.ru/site.xp/055053.html
- ↑ Комбинированное ружьё ИЖ-15 // А. А. Потапов. Всё об охотничьих ружьях. М., ФАИР-Пресс, 2011. стр.372
- ↑ М. Блюм. Патрон 5,6 х 39 мм // журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 5, 1969. стр.28-29
- ↑ А. Блюм, А. Волнов. Патроны для нарезного охотничьего оружия // журнал "Охота и охотничье хозяйство", № 7, 1984. стр.30-31
Further reading
- 5,6-мм охотничий патрон с высокой начальной скоростью пули // Спортивно-охотничье оружие и патроны. Бухарест, "Внешторгиздат", 1965. стр.134
- Патроны охотничьи 5,6x39. Типы и основные размеры. ГОСТ 20808-75. Москва, 1975.
- Патроны охотничьи 5,6x39 // Охотничье и спортивное оружие. М., Внешторгиздат. 1989.
- А. В. Кузьминский. Оружие для охотника: практическое пособие / под общ. ред. А. Е. Тараса М., ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2002. стр.250-251
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