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8mm Lebel replacement. Rimless rifle cartridge. Same bullet diameter as .30-06. Short-lived due to confusion with 7.92mm Mauser. 7.5×54mm French: 1929 France R 7.57x54mm 2700 2232 58 0.308 54mm Case-shortened 7.5×57mm MAS. Standard French rifle cartridge until the introduction of the FAMAS in 1979. 7.62×25mm Tokarev: 1930 [3] USSR [8] 2 [13 ...
One round is a standard 115 gr (7.5 g) ball/Full Metal Jacket (FMJ), designated the M1152, the other is a 147 gr (9.5 g) Special Purpose/Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP) round designated the M1153. Olin Corporation ( Winchester Brand ) received a contract to produce approximately 1.2 million rounds of the ammunition.
The caliber for the OHWS was quickly decided not to be the NATO standard 124 gr (8.0 g) 9 mm due to lack of stopping power. The FBI had selected the 10 mm auto to replace their 9 mm pistols, but it was too powerful, few manufacturers produced it, and the round caused short weapon service life. The .45 ACP caliber was chosen and improved upon ...
The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a rimless, centerfire, tapered firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901, [ 6 ] it is widely considered the most popular handgun and submachine gun cartridge due to its low cost, adequate stopping power and extensive ...
Equally, the cases for those obsolete cartridges should never be used to make 9×23mm Winchester cartridges though it is unlikely that anyone would wish to do so as their collector value is higher than the cost of new 9×23mm Winchester cases, when they can be obtained, made by Winchester or Starline (Starline's version of the 9×23mm ...
In both trials where the Beretta 92SB-F and SIG Sauer P226 competed the SIG was either equal or superior to the Beretta in most tests. [19] The purchase price for the Beretta M9 handgun was $178.50 per unit. [19] The P226 lost out in the final bidding and the Beretta emerging the winning design once again.
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bwunit – optional – "gram" if the weights are given in grams; any other value causes them to be interpreted as grains. bwround – optional – specify the number of digits after the decimal point in the converted weight (the default is 0 if not specified; if specified but empty, defaults to the same default as convert).