9mm Browning Long
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9mm Browning Long
| 9x20 mm Browning Long | ||
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| Type | Semi-automatic pistol | |
| Place of origin |  Belgium |
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| Production history | ||
| Designer | John Moses Browning | |
| Designed | 1903 | |
| Manufacturer | Fabrique Nationale de Herstal | |
| Specifications | ||
| Case type | semi-rimmed, straight | |
| Bullet diameter | .356 in (9.0 mm) | |
| Neck diameter | .376 in (9.6 mm) | |
| Base diameter | .384 in (9.8 mm) | |
| Rim diameter | .404 in (10.3 mm) | |
| Case length | 20mm (0.79) | |
| Overall length | 1.10 in (28 mm) | |
| Primer type | Small pistol | |
| Ballistic performance | ||
| Bullet weight/type | Velocity | Energy |
| 110 gr (7.1 g) FMJ | 1,000 ft/s (300 m/s) | 240 ft·lbf (330 J) |
| Source(s): "Rifles and Machine Guns" [1] | ||
The 9x20 mm Browning Long is a military centerfire pistol cartridge developed in 1908 for the 9 mm Browning pistol adopted by Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden .[2] The cartridge headspaces on the rim. Ammunition was produced in Belgium, France, England, Sweden[3] and the United States. There was some production in Germany during World War I for the Ottoman Empire, and the cartridge was also used in South Africa.[4]
The cartridge is now obsolete and it is hard to find reloadable brass for this ammunition, one option handloaders have is to take the .38 ACP and shorten it to the right length.
There is reloading data available on a few websites[5] and in some handloading manuals e.x. the Norwegian Ladeboken.[6]
- Ladeboken:
- Powder: 4.5grains N340.
- Bullet: 110grains Norma JHP
- Length: 1,09in
- Velocity: 815 ft/s (248) m/s
See also
References
- ^ *Melvin M., CAPT USMCR Rifles and Machine Guns, p.385. New York, NY: William Morrow & Company, 1944.
- ^ *Janson, O. Browning pistol M1903 becomes Swedish Pistol m/1907, http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/m07/pist07_1.htm
- ^ *Janson, O. Equipment, holsters and ammunition for m/1907, http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/m07/pist07_4.htm
- ^ *Wilson, R. K. Textbook of Automatic Pistols, pp.237-238. Plantersville, SC: Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1943.
- ^ 9mm Browning Long loading data at Gun Loads web site
- ^ Ladeboken web site
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