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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 ...
2.7×9mm 650 [3] 3 [3] 0.009 0.108 [3] 9mm Obsolete. Smallest round ever manufactured. [3] 4.6×30mm: 2000 Germany H 4.6×30mm 2410 400 0.332 0.183 30mm Bottlenecked high velocity PDW cartridge designed by Heckler & Koch in conjunction with the Heckler & Koch MP7 personal defense weapon. 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum: 1970 [3] US 0 [3] R 5× ...
It is among the largest practical handgun calibers in use, featuring a .452 inches (11.5 mm) diameter bullet. With well-made expanding ammunition, a .452 bullet often expands to .70 caliber or larger. With a 9 mm Luger cartridge, the normal .355 bullet may expand to .50 or larger. Theoretically, a larger caliber should cause slightly more ...
Most Open Division shooters prefer using 115–125 gr (7.5–8.1 g) bullets for their 9mm Major loads. Lighter bullets require more gunpowder weight to achieve the necessary velocity compared to heavier bullets using the same gunpowder, resulting in more gas for the compensator. Brands like JJR Ammo, ORM Tech and Universal Ammo typically use ...
This is a list of firearm cartridges that have bullets in the 9 millimeters (0.35 in) to 9.99 millimeters (0.393 in) caliber range.. Case length refers to the round case length.
Other names for .380 ACP include 9mm Browning, 9mm Corto, 9mm Kurz, 9mm Short, and 9mm Browning Court (which is the C.I.P. designation). It should not be confused with .38 ACP . The .380 ACP does not strictly conform to cartridge naming conventions, named after the diameter of the bullet , as the actual bullet diameter of the .380 ACP is .355 ...
Most shooters, looking at the 9×25mm Dillon today, focus on the extreme velocities of which it is capable. A 115-grain bullet at 1,800 fps is more than is needed for competition. There, a 115 only needs to be going a bit over 1,500 ft/s to qualify for major power factor.
Each of the 9mm P.A. cartridge variants are distinguished by a proper color: green, yellow, blue, red, etc. 9mm P.A. ammunitions can be used for different purposes depending on the legislation, these include military training, cinema props, self-defense (rubber bullets can only be used in certain Eastern European countries), dog training, historical re-enactment, holiday or new year ...