| 6mm Lee Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 A soft-point hunting cartridge | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Rifle | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Service history | ||||||||||||||||||||
| In service | 1895–1907 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Designed | 1894 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Produced | 1895–1935 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Case type | Semi-rimmed, bottleneck | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .244 in (6.2 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Neck diameter | .278 in (7.1 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shoulder diameter | .402 in (10.2 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Base diameter | .445 in (11.3 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rim diameter | .448 in (11.4 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Case length | 2.35 in (60 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Overall length | 3.11 in (79 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rifling twist | 1 in 7.5 in (190 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Primer type | Boxer large rifle | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test barrel length: 24 in.; 28 in. (M1895) Source(s): Barnes & Amber; Sharpe, Philip, The Rifle in America | ||||||||||||||||||||
The 6mm Lee Navy (6×60mmSR), also known as the 6mm U.S.N.[1] or .236 Navy,[2] is an obsolete American rifle cartridge.[3] It was the service cartridge of the United States Navy and Marine Corps from 1895 (therefore replacing the .45-70 Government rifle cartridge) to 1899, when it was then itself replaced by the more modern .30-40 Krag rifle cartridge.
- ^ Hanson, Jim, The 6mm U.S.N. - Ahead Of Its Time, Rifle Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 1 (January–February 1977), pp. 38-41
- ^ "6mmLEE". www.ammo-one.com. Archived from the original on 2003-06-22.
- ^ Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber, "6mm Lee Navy" in Cartridges of the World (Northfield, IL: DBI Books Inc., 6th ed., 1984), p. 102