5mm Bergmann
5mm Bergmann is an unusual centerfire cartridge produced for the 1896 Bergman #2 self-loading pocket pistol. The case is steeply conical and headspaces on the conical case walls. Early versions (sometimes called the 5 mm Bergmann Rimless) were made without any rim or extraction groove; and relied upon blow-back for expulsion of the fired case from the chamber.
5mm Bergmann
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- 5mm Bergmann
- Field
- pistol cartridge
- Period
- 1894
- Region
- German Empire
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5mm Bergmann is an unusual centerfire cartridge produced for the 1896 Bergman #2 self-loading pocket pistol. The case is steeply conical and headspaces on the conical case walls. Early versions (sometimes called the 5 mm Bergmann Rimless) were made without any rim or extraction groove; and relied upon blow-back for expulsion of the fired case from the chamber.
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Later Bergmann pistols provided an extractor requiring a groove which produced a semi-rimmed case. The long bullet was inadequately stabilized and tended to tumble in flight.
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• Name — 5mm Bergmann • Origin — German Empire • Type — Pistol • Designer — Bergmann • Design Date — 1894 • Production Date — 1896–1900 • Bullet —.2 • Bw1 — 35 • Btype1 — FMJ • Vel1 — 580 • En1 — 26 • Balsrc — "Textbook of Automatic Pistols" The 5mm Bergmann is an unusual centerfire cartridge produced for the 1896 Bergman #2 self-loading pocket pistol. The case is steeply conical and headspaces on the conical case walls. Early versions (sometimes called the 5 mm Bergmann Rimless) 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. The long bullet was inadequately stabilized and tended to tumble in flight.
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- 1.*Wilson, R. K. Textbook of Automatic Pistols, pp.259-260. Plantersville, SC: Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1943.
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