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We all love “shooty shooty bang bang,” but sometimes we’d rather emphasize the shooty over the bang. This 9mm cartridge by Sellier & Bellot is perfect for those times. Its 140 grain projectile doesn’t achieve a fast enough velocity upon exiting the muzzle to break the sound barrier, so its report isn’t accentuated by a supersonic “crack.” This round interfaces extremely well with a suppressed firearm for that reason, as it creates less noise for the suppressor to muffle!
This round’s non-expanding bullet is best suited for target practice. Its gilding metal jacket is made of 70 percent copper and 30 percent zinc, a rigid alloy that is coincidentally often used to make guitar strings. The non-bending jacket promotes smooth feeding from a magazine as well as the prevention of rapid bore fouling. This bullet also features a relatively flat meplat that will punch a cleaner hole through a paper target, so you’ll have an easier time assessing your performance at the range. The bullet is seated on a factory fresh brass casing, which itself houses clean burning propellant and sockets a non-corrosive Boxer primer.
This round’s non-expanding bullet is best suited for target practice. Its gilding metal jacket is made of 70 percent copper and 30 percent zinc, a rigid alloy that is coincidentally often used to make guitar strings. The non-bending jacket promotes smooth feeding from a magazine as well as the prevention of rapid bore fouling. This bullet also features a relatively flat meplat that will punch a cleaner hole through a paper target, so you’ll have an easier time assessing your performance at the range. The bullet is seated on a factory fresh brass casing, which itself houses clean burning propellant and sockets a non-corrosive Boxer primer.
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Q: What is the muzzle velocity/fps and the muzzle energy/ft lbs.?
Posted On: 6/15/2020 By: John
A: MV = 1,001 fps, ME = 309 ft lbs (5" test barrel)