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Hard Ball · December 2, 2007, 03:31 PM

"The 9mm was designed as a military round."

No it was not designed as anything. It is not really a 9mm. The original Luger cartridge was the 7,63mm Luger. When the Model 1900 7.63mm Luger was tested by the American and German armiies they rejected it because of its small caliber. To try to resolve this DWM eliminaked the bottle neck in the 7.63 case and used an 8.84mm bullet. They called the resukting cartridge the "9mm." It was adopted by the German Army in 1908/

December 2, 2007, 03:31 PM	#15
Hard Ball Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 1999 Location: California Posts: 3,925	"The 9mm was designed as a military round." No it was not designed as anything. It is not really a 9mm. The original Luger cartridge was the 7,63mm Luger. When the Model 1900 7.63mm Luger was tested by the American and German armiies they rejected it because of its small caliber. To try to resolve this DWM eliminaked the bottle neck in the 7.63 case and used an 8.84mm bullet. They called the resukting cartridge the "9mm." It was adopted by the German Army in 1908/ __________________ "I swear to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemeis domestic or foreign WHOMSOEVER."