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Originally Posted by smithra_66
There simply wasn't a cartridge in existence at that time that ran at those pressures, and they didn't know how the guns would react. Even with Keith's testing of the 38, it wasn't done until the 38/44 Heavy Duty came out in around 1930. There wasn't an "overbuilt" 38 Special until then that he could feel comfortable experimenting with.
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The SAAMI psi for 9mm is 35K, so is the 357 Mag, so I would say there was already a cartridge that ran at those pressures. Unless they increased the 9mm later in life?? Then that puts back to the argument someone else had about older 9mm possibly being weak and no one cares.
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