Need help to ID three 9mmP cartridges

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I have been going through my stuff, sorting odds and ends and I found some loose unfired projectiles which were previously in loaded cartridges. I have pictures of the cartridges at the time that the bullets were removed, so I am hoping that the images can be used to identify the cartridges. These are all 9mm.

Number 1 is this cartridge stamped AMT97:

AMT97pic1.jpg
AMT97pic2.jpg
AMT97pic3.jpg
AMT97pic4.jpg

Number 2 is this cartridge stamped FC (small hollow point, no post inside):

JHP1pic1.jpg
JHP1pic2.jpg
JHP1pic3.jpg

Number 3 is a long shot, not much info, just says '9mm':

9mmpic2.jpg
9mmpic1.jpg
9mmpic3.jpg

I got these all as loose rounds sometime between 1997 and 2002 in South Africa. I have also asked on the IAA forum. As these are modern cartridges I am hoping that someone here will know what they are.

Thanks in advance.
 
The FC one is federal's 115 gr +P+ cat. no 9BLPE round. You can find it for $25 for 50. Its good ammo, has established itself as a very-capable "man-stopper" in shootings. I think Atlanta PD used it as their standard-issue round for a while as well.
 
#2 is the 9BPLE for sure. 115 grain JHP, I think rated in the neighborhood of 1300 feet per second.
 
Thanks gents, that seems solid. Does the Federal JHP go by any other name?
Will try to get more info on the AMT.
 
9BPLE is the catalog part id number of this loading. As I understand it was used by the US border patrol for a while. It also goes by the "Hi-Shock" line of ammunition.
 
It was originally known as the Border Patrol round as it was made for them by Federal. It's a highly respected 9mm sd round even in it's standard pressure loading.
 
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