6mm Lee Navy

6mm Lee Navy

Infobox Firearm Cartridge
name= 6mm Lee Navy


caption=
origin= USA
type= Rifle
service=
used_by=
wars=
designer=
design_date=1895
manufacturer=
production_date=
number=
variants=
is_SI_specs=
parent=
case type=rimless bottleneck
bullet=.244
neck=.278
shoulder=.402
base=.445
rim_dia=.448
rim_thick=
case_length=2.35
length=3.11
rifling= 1:7½
primer= Boxer large rifle
is_SI_ballistics=
bw1=75
btype1=
vel1=3300
en1=1809
bw2=100
btype=
vel2=2680
en2=1595
bw3=112
btype3=
vel3=2650
en3=1895
bw4=112
btype4=
vel4=2560
en4=1635
bw5=
btype5=
vel5=
en5=
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balsrc=Barnes & Amber

The 6mm Lee Navy is a American rifle cartridge.

Introduced in the Lee straight-pull (or Lee Navy) rifle, manufactured by Winchester for the United States Navy, the 6mm was ahead if its time. [Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. "Cartridges of the World" (Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972), p.73, "6mm Lee Navy".] The smokeless powder of the era was inadequate for the round, [Barnes, p.73, "6mm Lee Navy".] though the enjoyed a revival in the .243 Winchester and .244 Remington. [Barnes, p.73, "6mm Lee Navy".]

The 6mm is suited to medium-sized game, such as antelope and deer, or even black bear, "at moderate ranges", [Barnes, p.73, "6mm Lee Navy".] or for varmints, [Barnes, p.73, "6mm Lee Navy".] such as wolf or coyote.

Available at one time in Winchester, Remington, and Blake rifles, it stopped being loaded commercially in 1935. [Barnes, p.73, "6mm Lee Navy".]

The 6mm served as the basis for the .220 Swift, which used a necked-down 6mm case. [Barnes, p.73, "6mm Lee Navy".]

ee also

*List of cartridges by caliber
*List of rifle cartridges
*6 mm caliber

References

ources

*Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. "6mm Lee Navy", in "Cartridges of the World", pp.73 & 123. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. ISBN 0-695-80326-3.


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