What is velocity of 9mm NATO?

About 1250 fps

Run through a chrony if you can

I believe NATO spec is around 1200fps, but it sort of varies. I think the Win stuff is around 1180-1200 depending on barrel length.

I have about 300 rounds of that stuff I bought a few years ago thinking hot hardball might be good to keep around. I've never chrono'ed it but it doesn't feel that potent, in either report or recoil. Seems about the same as plain old WWB.

Fiocchi 115Gr FMJ feels hotter.

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African or European? Should be around 1200fps as others have stated.

M-882 WCC 01 chronographed at 1165-1185 out of my 5" STI and slightly lower out of a Beretta 92F.

I was not impressed at except for the "low" cost of the ammo.

Fiocchi 115Gr FMJ feels hotter.

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No kidding! I bought 1k rounds of that stuff when it was cheap. It's some hot stuff.

Bullet weight

The bullet weight is odd on some of the Nato stuff. IIRC, they can be light actually (<115 gr).

NATO recognizes two standard bullet weights of 115 gr. and 124 gr. either is approved for use by NATO allied troops. Pressures and velocities can vary and do by manufacturer and country. It's a misconception that there is one NATO approved load.

See below...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_EPVAT_testing#Proofing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9mm_NATO

tipoc

Yeah

Olin M882 at one point was 112 gr.

Oops, I shoulda added that 147 gr. loads are also used by NATO. It ain't just two bullet weights as I incorrectly said above.

tipoc

I did a little googling trying to find chrono numbers for the 124Gr NATO in the OP. (Q4318 on my boxes) I didn’t find much worthy of reposting here, just a general lack of excitement about the round. It is interesting that I found several references to NATO numbers coming from an 8” test barrel, while SAMI uses a more reasonable 4”

I can't find the Nato spec but what I remember is that they specify a min velocity and min energy and possibly a max pressure.

Anybody got Nato specs?

http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/infantry/pistol/pistol_ammo.html#9mm

rc

Anybody got Nato specs?

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I posted the links to them above.

tipoc

I was given a box of w/w nato spec. I have fiocchi that is quite a bit hotter.

I was given a box of w/w nato spec. I have fiocchi that is quite a bit hotter.