4.6x36MM (moved from Wants)

5mmgunguy

Anyone ever heard of or seen a 4.6x36MM cartridge? If it was ever made, who made it?

(Moved from Wants 01:00 5/27/2007)

Iconoclast

Second in a long series of roughly .17 caliber military experimentals. You'll note the "spoon tip" in the photo. This originated with an inventor in Spain with a 4.56x36. He then went to Germany and worked with HK and DAG over the course of several years to develop a small bore military / police cartridge. The first two had the spoon tip to accentuate the tumbling effect inside the target. It was dropped - probably for accuracy reasons - after this version.

duckhunter

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Iconoclast

quote:From PM by 5mmgunguy
I have two more questions on the round. Is it still made? Is it boxer or berdan primed?

This has not been produced for many years. It was purely an R&D project which was not picked up by any nation's military. I would presume (don't know) that some trials were conducted by the German army (and others?) given the amount of ammunition which came available, but it never progressed beyond feasibility studies.

Either priming system is possible and I have never dissected one to determine this. I've seen small Berdan primers on European 5.56x45 from the 1970s and Continental Europe still prefers that design, so if I had to bet on this, I'd lean toward Berdan, but I simply don't know "for sure."