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Originally Posted by mjr
Don't forget the 9mm Mauser Export cartridge, which launched a 128g bullet at around 1350 fps for something over 500 ft.lbs. muzzle energy. Why this round never displaced the 9x19mm is a mystery to me.
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Forgot about those. They were made, as I recall, primarily for the South American market. The round was so close in performance to the well-established 9x19mm Luger round that it never caught on. Still, the roughly equivalent .38 Super did get established (by Colt in 1911-type guns), and is still going fairly strong, particularly in Mexico.
John