NAME – 9x17mm

NAME (COMMON) – .380 ACP [Automatic Colt Pistol], 9mm Short, 9mm Kurz, 9mm Browning

TYPE – Rimless centerfire

YEAR OF INTRODUCTION – 1908

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

CASE TYPE – Rimless straight

CARTRIDGE LENGTH – 24.99 mm (0.984 in)

CASING LENGTH – 17.3 mm (0.68 in)

CASE HEAD DIAMETER – 9.53 mm (0.375 in)

CASE RIM DIAMETER – 9.53 mm (0.375 in)

BULLET TYPE – Round nosed full metal jacket

BULLET DIAMETER – 9.04 mm (0.356 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 6.16 g (95 grains)

POWDER WEIGHT – 0.24 g (3.7 grains)

CASING WEIGHT – 3.36 g (51.8 grains)

TOTAL ROUND WEIGHT – 9.75 g (150.5 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 296 m/s (970 fps)

NOMINAL BARREL LENGTH – 9.5 cm (3.75 in)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 269 j (199 ft/lb)

     Another round designed by John Browning for a more powerful line of pocket pistols. It was introduced in Belgium in 1912 as the 9mm Browning Short four years after being released to the American public in the Colt Pocket Automatic Pistol line of handguns. The 9x17mm round is much more powerful than the 7.65x17mmSR (.32 ACP) round which preceded it, but can still be chambered in a relatively small semiautomatic pistol using the simple blowback system of operation. The round was adopted by a number of military organizations around the world. The Ingram M11 submachinegun is well known for being chambered in this round.