PPKs use 9mm short ammo not 9mm Parabellum. 9mm Parabellum is the same as 9mm Luger and Parabellum suposely comes from the latin dictate "civis pacis parabellum" which means "if you want peace prepare war", that was also called "Roman Paxis", today it should be called "American Paxis".Brig wrote:a 9mm Parabellum used 9mm bullets. The same types used then in MP-40s, some PPKs, and used today quite commonly in Berettas and occasionally a Glock. 9mm is a very popular size ammunition in the US Government, having replaced the .45 caliber Colts that were used until about the mid-to-late 80s.
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what do you say about 40S&W? what about the lack of stopping power of 9mm Para when compared to .45 and .40? 9mm are only useful for stopping someone if you hit the head or some place you kill instantly, otherwise the guy will keep on walking and shooting and all the kind of thing you don't want someone you shot to do.Mark V wrote:Hi.
The 9mm Parabellum is the calibre for modern military sidearm. All others calibres are just curiosities nowdays.
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in brasil you can't have anything superior than .380 or .38spl or in case of semi-auto rifles um to .22LR and no magnum , but one can have a nice full o' punch Winchester '73 .44 rifle (which I do). funny laws ain't it?Mark V wrote:I also think that weapons chambered for 5.56 NATO are forbidden for civilian use in Italy.
....well, not that it matters. There are at least half dozen as good small calibre chamberings available.
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PS. IIRC Mexico is another country where is similar legislation about military calibres.
Hi,Von_Mannteufel wrote: what do you say about 40S&W? what about the lack of stopping power of 9mm Para when compared to .45 and .40? 9mm are only useful for stopping someone if you hit the head or some place you kill instantly, otherwise the guy will keep on walking and shooting and all the kind of thing you don't want someone you shot to do.
This is old topic. Just one point: The bullet construction is far more important than the calibre. Standard military FMJ is poor stopper in all calibres, also in .45 ACP, compared to modern expanding bullets.
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