6.5×58mm Vergueiro

6.5×58mm Vergueiro
Type	Rifle
Place of origin	Portugal
Service history
In service	1904-1939
Used by	Portugal Union of South Africa
Wars	World War I
Production history
Designer	José Alberto Vergueiro
Designed	1904
Specifications
Case type	Rimless, bottleneck
Bullet diameter	6.5 mm (0.26 in)
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy 155 gr (10 g) FMJ 2,347 ft/s (715 m/s) 2,000 ft·lbf (2,700 J)
Source(s): Rifles and Machine Guns [1]

The 6.5×58mm Vergueiro is a centerfire cartridge designed in 1904 specifically for the Mauser-Vergueiro service rifle of the Portuguese Army. It remained the standard service rifle cartridge until the Mauser-Vergueiro was replaced by the Karabiner 98k in 1939.^[1]

See also

• List of cartridges by caliber
• Table of handgun and rifle cartridges

References

1. Johnson, Melvin M., Jr. (1944). Rifles and Machine Guns. New York: William Morrow & Company. pp. 89 & 384.