9MM short???

[fairview mick]

A friend of mine says he has a Beretta and on the barrell it says "9mm short". I have not seen the gun, and he's not really into guns, so he could be mistaken. I'm interested in it, but have never heard of that bullet!
Any help out there?
Mickey

 

[pgg]

I have a beretta model 1934 that says the same thing. It is a .380 here in the states

 

[Lou22]

That, I believe, is the .380. It's called the 9mm Kurtz (short) in German.

Lou

 

[badbob]

9mm short=.380 Auto

badbob

 

[BerettaBuckeye]

Beretta made/ makes many models in .380 ACP (aka 9mm "short ") and most of them are way cool. Your friend probably has a top quality gun there

 

[fairview mick]

To all that responded.

Thank you very much. I hope he doesn't know what it's really worth.
Mickey

 

[SOSARMS]

In many of the German firearms that use this caliber, the marking is 9k, noting the short variation.........quite common....have an H & K 4 with that as well.

 

[ISP2605]

It's called the 9mm Kurtz (short) in German.

Kurtz was a guy played by Marlon Brando in a movie.
Kurz means "short" in German.
No "t".

 

[denfoote]

It's also 9mm corto in Italian

 

[mete]

9x17, 9mm short, 9mm corto, 9mm kurz are all the same !! Remember that some italian pistols are chambered in the 9mm Glisenti !! This round has the same dimensions as the 9mm Luger but at significantly lower pressures .Do not use modern 9mm Luger ammo in a 9mm Glisenti gun !!!

 

[BlueTrain]

CZ also uses 9mm Browning as a name for the .380ACP, not to be confused with the .38 ACP. There is also a 9mm Browning Long, just to round things out, that was chambered in a variation of the Colt pocket auto.

 

[fairview mick]

to all responders

Thanks again for all the help. I hope to own it today!
Mickey

 

[denfoote]

Let us know how it shoots!!

 

[sanson]

enjoy it

 

[Playboypenguin]

If you look close at this pic of my Beretta 84FS Cheetah you will see it is marked "9 Short".

 

[PSP]

Some of us refer to the cartridge in question a .380 Portly

 

[Peter M. Eick]

I was thinking about it yesterday or the day before and realized it should be called the:

9mm GAP




Just a side thought....

 

[mfree]

*shakes head*

.380 Magnum.