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7x20mm Nambu

Bullet diameter
7.08 mm
Case length
19.80 mm
Max pressure
Not recorded
Introduced
1903

Specification

Everything measured

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IdentityWhat it is, who designed it and what else it is called.

Cartridge type
Rimless
Introduced
1903
Designer
Kijiro Nambu
Also known as
7mm Baby Nambu, 7mm Nambu, 7mm Nambu Automatic

DimensionsThe case and the bullet, to a hundredth of a millimetre.

Bullet diameter
7.08 mm
Neck diameter
7.64 mm
Shoulder diameter
8.62 mm
Base diameter
8.91 mm
Rim diameter
9.11 mm
Rim thickness
0.98 mm
Case length
19.80 mm
Overall length
26.80 mm

BallisticsWhat a typical load does, and the pressure it runs at.

Typical bullet weight
3.60 g
Typical muzzle velocity
241 m/s
Typical muzzle energy
108 J

ConstructionWhat the case, primer and projectile are made of and shaped like.

Case shape
Bottleneck
Case material
Brass
Primer
Small pistol
Projectile
Bullet
Bullet profile
Round nose
Mouth closure
Bullet

Firearms

What is chambered in it

2 records in the catalogue use this cartridge.

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Provenance

Where these figures came from

Every figure above was taken from one of these pages. The confidence reflects how much of the record came from a page a claim can be checked against.

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Confidence in this record

90%

API

The call that returns this record

The same fields, in the same units, from the same endpoint the page reads.

curl --request GET \  --url 'https://api.gunspec.io/v1/calibers/7x20mm-nambu' \  --header 'X-API-Key: your_key'