48mm, swiss, topic, this, article, meet, wikipedia, notability, guidelines, products, services, please, help, demonstrate, notability, topic, citing, reliable, secondary, sources, that, independent, topic, provide, significant, coverage, beyond, mere, trivial,. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia s notability guidelines for products and services Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention If notability cannot be shown the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted Find sources 6 45 48mm XPL Swiss news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message 6 45 48mm XPL Swiss or 6 45 48 GP 80 is an experimental intermediate rifle cartridge 6 45x48mm XPL SwissTypeRiflePlace of originSwitzerlandProduction historyDesignerSwiss ArmyDesigned1979 1980SpecificationsParent case7 62 51mm NATOCase typeRimless bottleneckBullet diameter6 65 mm 0 262 in Neck diameter7 56 mm 0 298 in Shoulder diameter10 95 mm 0 431 in Base diameter11 82 mm 0 465 in Rim diameter11 81 mm 0 465 in Rim thickness1 55 mm 0 061 in Case length47 72 mm 1 879 in Overall length65 06 mm 2 561 in Ballistic performanceBullet mass type Velocity Energy6 3 g 97 gr 900 m s 3 000 ft s 2 550 J 1 880 ft lbf Source s quarryhs co uk 1 Contents 1 Development 2 Description 3 Production 4 ReferencesDevelopment editIt was developed in conjunction with the SIG SG 550 rifle as a potential successor to the 7 5 55mm Schmidt Rubin cartridge 1 Description editThe rimless cartridge has a base diameter of 11 82 mm similar to the 7 62 51mm NATO and a case length of 47 72 mm 2 The bullet is an unusual 6 65 mm diameter 6 45mm refers to the bore diameter fractionally smaller than the common 6 5 mm bore diameter bullet The 97 gr 6 3 g bullet was fired at a muzzle velocity of 900 m s 3 000 ft s with 2 550 J 1 880 ft lb of muzzle energy Production editThe cartridge was not adopted the SIG SG 550 went into production with the 5 6 45mm GP 90 round Weapons using the 6 45mm cartridge nbsp The C42 by Waffenfabrik Bern Rifle version nbsp The C42 by Waffenfabrik Bern Carbine version nbsp The SIG 541 Carbine version References edit a b Assault Rifles and Their Ammunition Archived from the original on 2017 11 05 Retrieved 2014 11 19 6 45x48 XPL Swiss MUNICION ORG Archived from the original on 2014 11 29 Retrieved 2013 02 11 nbsp This ammunition related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 6 45 48mm XPL Swiss amp oldid 1185347572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
