6mm Musgrave

Key specs

Type

Rifle

Origin

South Africa

Designer

Ben Musgrave Jnr

Introduced

1955

Case type

rimmed, bottleneck

Bullet diameter

6.17 mm

Case length

56.09 mm

Overall length

72.66 mm

Typical bullet

80 gr

Typical velocity

951 m/s

Typical energy

2,344 J

Parent case

.303 British