earlthegoat2
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The last thing the industry needs right now is a new cartridge.
The last thing the industry needs right now is a new cartridge.
See my posts #14 and #17 to see why you can't fire 9mm in a 380, even with a conversion barrel. Asking this question is like asking why can't we shoot 10mm in our 40SW handguns by stuffing more powder in there and calling it a day. Or why doesn't Double Tap take the 38 special case and load it to 357 maximum power levels. Or why not load 9mm to 357 SIG or 9x23 power levels, for that matter. Does anyone see a problem with this? There's a bigger difference between 380 and 9mm than the case dimensions belie.The important question (to me I guess) is why guns aren't chambered for either/or. They are so similar it seems like a spring loaded face could be used to go deep for .380 and then the spring compress to allow for a 9mm round...but I'm not big on autos so my thinking may be flawed. Either way it's a whole nuther discussion.
Another "ingenious solution to a non-existent problem"
my thoughts exactly. A taper is a terrible design from the standpoint of a reloader. The "new 9mm" I want to see is a 9mm luger chamber reamed out to be a straight walled cartrige. call it the 9.3mm or something. Ideally you can use 9mm brass, 9mm slides etc and all you need is a new barrel. Think of it as a 9mm makarov magnum.Why would you keep the taper? I thought the taper was bad and came about because Georg Luger bastardized an existing cartridge or something...
I also didn't see anything larger than 100gr for 9×18mm Ultra
I don't see much point in using any other caliber except 9x19mm in small pocket guns.