5mm Clement
5mm Clement | ||||||||
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Type | Pistol | |||||||
Place of origin | Belgium | |||||||
Production history | ||||||||
Designer | Clement | |||||||
Produced | 1897 | |||||||
Specifications | ||||||||
Bullet diameter | .2 in (5.1 mm) | |||||||
Ballistic performance | ||||||||
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Source(s): "Textbook of Automatic Pistols" [1] |
The 5mm Clement is a centerfire cartridge produced for early self-loading pocket pistols made by Charola-Anitua and a 1903 design by Clement. The steeply conical, bottle-necked case is semi-rimmed, but headspaces on the shoulder of the case. The long bullet was inadequately stabilized and tended to tumble in flight. The Charola-Anitua pistol was produced in very limited numbers, and Clement pistol production shifted to the .25 ACP cartridge after 1906.[1]
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