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Size: Metric size - may not be official; MV: Muzzle velocity, in feet-per-second; ME: Muzzle energy, in foot-pounds; P: Momentum, in pound (force) (lbf) times seconds. [1] A guide to the recoil from the cartridge, and an indicator of bullet penetration potential.
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers.
The concern with the size of the Glock 20/21 has been addressed by the Glock 36, 21SF, and 30SF, all of which featured reduced-size frames. The standard magazine capacity of the Glock 37 is 10 rounds. Glock 38: The Glock 38 is a .45 GAP version of the compact Glock 19. [136] The standard magazine capacity of the Glock 38 is 8 rounds, but it can ...
Guide Lamp Corporation.45 ACP United States: June 1942 - August 1942 [3] Frommer Stop: Fegyver- és Gépgyár.32 ACP.380 ACP Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary: 1912-45 Gaztañaga Destroyer: Gaztañaga y Companía.25 ACP.32 ACP Spain: 1913 Glisenti Model 1910: Società Siderurgica Glisenti: 9mm Glisenti Kingdom of Italy: 1910-1915 Glock 17
The .45 GAP (Glock Auto Pistol) or .45 Glock (11.43×19mmRB) is a pistol cartridge designed by Ernest Durham, an engineer with CCI/Speer, at the request of firearms manufacturer Glock to provide a cartridge that would equal the power of the .45 ACP, have a stronger case head to reduce the possibility of case neck blowouts, and be shorter to fit in a more compact handgun.
Terry Gander Guns Recognition Guide, May 2005, ISBN 0007183283 David Miller Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns , June 2003, ISBN 0760315604 Richard D. Jones Jane's Gun Recognition Guide June 2008, ISBN 0061374083
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Conventional eight groove rifling on the left, and octagonal polygonal rifling on the right. Polygonal rifling (/ p ə ˈ l ɪ ɡ ə n əl / pə-LIG-ə-nəl) is a type of gun barrel rifling where the traditional sharp-edged "lands and grooves" are replaced by less pronounced "hills and valleys", so the barrel bore has a polygonal (usually hexagonal or octagonal) cross-sectional profile.