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From: rcs61423@zach.fit.edu (Thomas Otake /ADVISOR Clay)
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Subject: Re: Birth of the 9mm
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Date: 15 Jun 91 15:16:34 GMT
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In article <35598@mimsy.umd.edu> boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes:
#I was asked by someone the other day about the birth of the 9mm round.  To 
#my great chagrin, I have forgotten most of it!!  
#
#The way I heard the "birth of the 9mm" story is as follows.  The cartridge is 
#a "cut down" version of another one common at the time (I think it was the 
#.30 carbine, but I could be wrong).  No thought was given to superior 

I believe the 9mm is a powered up version drived from a 7.65mm, at least
that's what I remember. Anyhow, a gun magazine (Guns and Ammo, June (?),
if I remember correctly) had a section on 9mm guns, their origin, development,
and future. I may be wrong but the article said the 9mm was derived from the
7.65mm in Switzerland for their military. 

Tom