NAME – 9x19mm

NAME (COMMON) – 9mm Parabellum, 9mm Luger, Pistolen Patrone 08

TYPE – Rimless centerfire

YEAR OF INTRODUCTION – 1902

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

CASE TYPE – Rimless straight

CARTRIDGE LENGTH – 29.5 mm (1.16 in)

CASING LENGTH – 19.3 mm (0.76 in)

CASE HEAD DIAMETER – 9.96 mm (0.392 in)

CASE RIM DIAMETER – 9.98 mm (0.393 in)

BULLET TYPE – Round-nosed, full metal jacket

BULLET DIAMETER – 9.02mm (0.355 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 7.45 g (115 grains)

POWDER WEIGHT – 0.36 g (5.6 grains)

CASING WEIGHT – 3.99 g (61.5 grains)

TOTAL ROUND WEIGHT – 11.79 g (182 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 350 m/s (1150 fps)

NOMINAL BARREL LENGTH – 10.2 cm (4 in)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 458 j (338 ft/lb)

     This is very possibly the most common centerfire pistol and submachinegun cartridge in the world. The 9x19mm round was developed in Germany by Georg Luger, working from the bottlenecked 7.65×21 mm (.30 Luger) round. The redesign of the original 7.65mm round was simply to expand the neck to accept a 9mm projectile. The expansion to 9mm also made make casing straight walled instead of bottlenecked. The new round was adopted by the German Navy for the Luger pistol in 1904, and by the German Army for their own Lugers in 1908.

 

ADDITIONAL LOADINGS

NAME                            TYPE                                     BULLET WEIGHT          CARTRIDGE WEIGHT             MUZZLE VELOCITY                                                  MUZZLE ENERGY

Mark 144 Mod 0          Subsonic ball                     10.24 g (158 grains)     14.45g (223 grains)                294 m/s (965 fps) – 12.7 cm (5 in) bbl                 443 j (327 ft/lb)

Mark 144 Mod 1          Subsonic ball                      9.53 g (147 grains)      13.80 (213 grains)                  297 m/s (975 fps) – 22.5 cm (8.85 in) bbl            421 j (310 ft/lb)

Mark 243 Mod 0          Subsonic Hollowpoint      9.40 g (145 grains)      13.61 g (210 grains)               297 m/s (975 fps) – 10.2 cm (4 in) bbl                 415 j (306 ft/lb)

M882 NATO                  Ball                                      8.04 g (124 grains)       12.31 g 190 grains                 400 m/s (1312 fps) – 20.3 cm (8 in) bbl              643 j (474 ft/lb)

M1                                  Ball                                     7.52 g (116 grains)         11.79 g (182 grains)              427 m/s (1400 fps) – 19.1 cm (7.5 in) bbl           685 j (505 ft/lb