9MM Major?
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Aguila Blanca
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Well, .357 magnum is a revolver round, and 9mm Parabellum is a semi-auto round, so they can't be the same thing.
Did you read this? http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239769
Did you read this? http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239769
9mm Major is a competition round. USPSA/IPSC has an arbitrary power floor that can be just reached safely with a hot-loaded 9mm. To keep pressures down, the round is often loaded so long that it won't even fit in a standard 9mm mag, and must be fired in a long action like a 1911. If you are using a big gun anyway, might as well get the performance boost of the 9x23, which can be loaded much hotter than 9mm Major; the latter is powerful enough while still using cheap/plentiful 9mm Luger brass.
warningshot
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9mm major? Can you say duplex load?
9mm major....147 gr screaming at 1,250 fps, no sweat. But not too common. Old timers tell me that was the orginal German loads were. Euro 9x19 comes in a machine gun version.
I know whom the IPSC competitor was who used a H&K Pistol with his own hand loads to the above pressure. After the match, IPSC made the rule change about 9mm Major. Something about brass cases fragmentation and safety of others. Not sure. Note: Above mentioned loads were typical / standard 9x19 Overall lengths.
The Euro shooters who use machinegun 9x19 in their pistols alter them with heavier springs and firing pin. They must be careful not to use what we would refer to has 9mm because our ammo will not be powerfull enough to cycle the gun.
Remember if you read it here its the gospel according to the Gods of 9 mil Smoke & Flash.
9mm major....147 gr screaming at 1,250 fps, no sweat. But not too common. Old timers tell me that was the orginal German loads were. Euro 9x19 comes in a machine gun version.
I know whom the IPSC competitor was who used a H&K Pistol with his own hand loads to the above pressure. After the match, IPSC made the rule change about 9mm Major. Something about brass cases fragmentation and safety of others. Not sure. Note: Above mentioned loads were typical / standard 9x19 Overall lengths.
The Euro shooters who use machinegun 9x19 in their pistols alter them with heavier springs and firing pin. They must be careful not to use what we would refer to has 9mm because our ammo will not be powerfull enough to cycle the gun.
Remember if you read it here its the gospel according to the Gods of 9 mil Smoke & Flash.
warningshot
New member
9mm major? Can you say duplex load?
9mm major....147 gr screaming at 1,250 fps, no sweat. But not too common. Old timers tell me that was the orginal German loads were. Euro 9x19 comes in a machine gun version.
I know whom the IPSC competitor was who used a H&K Pistol with his own hand loads to the above pressure. After the match, IPSC made the rule change about 9mm Major. Something about brass cases fragmentation and safety of others. Not sure. Note: Above mentioned loads were typical / standard 9x19 Overall lengths.
The Euro shooters who use machinegun 9x19 in their pistols alter them with heavier springs and firing pin. They must be careful not to use what we would refer to has 9mm because our ammo will not be powerfull enough to cycle the gun.
Remember if you read it here its the gospel according to the Gods of 9 mil Smoke & Flash.
9mm major....147 gr screaming at 1,250 fps, no sweat. But not too common. Old timers tell me that was the orginal German loads were. Euro 9x19 comes in a machine gun version.
I know whom the IPSC competitor was who used a H&K Pistol with his own hand loads to the above pressure. After the match, IPSC made the rule change about 9mm Major. Something about brass cases fragmentation and safety of others. Not sure. Note: Above mentioned loads were typical / standard 9x19 Overall lengths.
The Euro shooters who use machinegun 9x19 in their pistols alter them with heavier springs and firing pin. They must be careful not to use what we would refer to has 9mm because our ammo will not be powerfull enough to cycle the gun.
Remember if you read it here its the gospel according to the Gods of 9 mil Smoke & Flash.
MagnumWill
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They sure do make one! .38 Super Auto! 
. Not in that little bitty tapered case, of course.
. Not in that little bitty tapered case, of course.Aguila Blanca
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The guy to beat at our range's weekly competitions shoots a Colt 1911 in .38 Super. I wouldn't say it's slipping back into obscurity. If anything, i believe it's gaining in popularity as more people find out about it.