The 6.5mm Bergmann is an unusual centerfire cartridge produced for the 1896 Bergman #3 self-loading pocket pistol.
The case is bottle-necked and steeply conical, and headspaces on the conical case walls.
Early versions were made without any rim or extraction groove; and relied upon blow-back for expulsion of the fired case from the chamber.
Later Bergmann pistols provided an extractor requiring a groove which produced a semi-rimmed case.
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