5.6×50mm Magnum

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

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 Pmax piezo pressure. That is 40.00 MPa less Pmax piezo pressure then 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. 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.