Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns What you REALLY need from a personal protection handgun

9�19mm Parabellum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"9mm" redirects here. For other cartridges with 9mm bullets, see 9 mm caliber. For other uses, see 9mm (disambiguation).
9�19mm Parabellum

9�19mm Parabellum FMJ (left) and hollowpoint (right) rounds
Type Handgun
Place of origin German Empire
Service history
Used by NATO and others
Wars World War I�present
Production history
Designer Georg Luger
Designed 1901
Produced 1902�present
Variants 9 mm NATO
9�19mm Parabellum +P
9�19mm 7N21 +P+
9�19mm 7N31 +P+
Specifications
Parent case 7.65�21mm Parabellum
Case type Rimless, tapered
Bullet diameter 9.03 mm (0.356 in)
Neck diameter 9.65 mm (0.380 in)
Base diameter 9.93 mm (0.391 in)
Rim diameter 9.96 mm (0.392 in)
Rim thickness 0.90 mm (0.035 in)
Case length 19.15 mm (0.754 in)
Overall length 29.69 mm (1.169 in)
Case capacity 0.862 cm� (13 gr H2O)
Primer type Berdan or Boxer small pistol
Maximum pressure 235.00 MPa (34,084 psi)
Ballistic performance
Bullet weight/type Velocity Energy
7.45 g (115.0 gr) FMJ 390 m/s (1,300 ft/s) 570 J (420 ft�lbf)
8.04 g (124.1 gr) FMJ 360 m/s (1,200 ft/s) 518 J (382 ft�lbf)
9.50 g (146.6 gr) JHP 368 m/s (1,210 ft/s) 643 J (474 ft�lbf)
7.45 g (115.0 gr) JHP +P 411 m/s (1,350 ft/s) 632 J (466 ft�lbf)
7.45 g (115.0 gr) JHP +P+ 435 m/s (1,430 ft/s) 704 J (519 ft�lbf)
Source(s): Sellier & Bellot,[1] Vihtavuori Reloading Guide 2009,[2] Buffalo Bore,[3] C.I.P.,[4] Cor-Bon[5]
The 9�19mm Parabellum (abbreviated 9mm, 9�19mm or 9�19) cartridge was designed by Georg Luger and introduced in 1902 by the German weapons manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their Luger semi-automatic pistol.[6] For this reason, it is commonly called the 9 mm Luger cartridge, differentiating it from the also-popular 9mm Makarov and 9mm Browning (.380 ACP) cartridges.
The book Cartridges of the World stated in 2006 that the 9�19mm Parabellum is "the world's most popular and widely used military handgun cartridge."[7]
The name Parabellum is derived from the Latin: Si vis pacem, para bellum ("If you seek peace, prepare for war"), which was the motto of DWM.
In addition to being used by over 60% of police in the U.S., Newsweek credits 9�19 pistol sales with making semi-automatic pistols more popular than revolvers.[8] The popularity of this cartridge can be attributed to the widely held conviction that it is highly effective in police and self-defense use.[9] Its low cost and wide availability (subject to jurisdiction) are self-sustaining contributors to the caliber's continuing popularity.