7.62x63mm (30-06 M2 Ball)

NAME – 7.62x63mm (30-06 M2 Ball)

NAME (COMMON) – 30-06

TYPE – Rimless Bottleneck

YEAR OF INTRODUCTION – 1938

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

CASE TYPE – Rimless Bottleneck

CARTRIDGE LENGTH – 84.84 mm (3.34 in)

CASING LENGTH – 63.2 mm (2.49 in)

CASE HEAD DIAMETER – 11.94 mm (0.470 in)

CASE RIM DIAMETER – 12.01 mm (0.473 in)

BULLET TYPE – Full jacketed Pointed Spitzer

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.82 mm (0.308 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 9.72 g (150 grains)

POWDER WEIGHT – 3.24 g (50 grains)

CASING WEIGHT – 12.31 g (190 grains)

TOTAL ROUND WEIGHT – 26.96 g (416 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 853 m/s (2800 fps)

NOMINAL BARREL LENGTH –61 cm (24 in)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3541 j (2612 m/s)

WEIGHT OF 5-ROUND STRIPPER CLIP – 7.26 g (112 grains)

WEIGHT OF 8-ROUND EN-BLOC CLIP –30 g (1.06 oz)

WEIGHT OF M1917 250-rd Fabric Ammunition Belt – 0.18 kg (6.4 oz) EMPTY

WEIGHT OF 1 M1 30 cal Link (67.2 grains) EMPTY, 0.44 kg (15.5 oz) per 100 EMPTY