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Originally posted by jacobscw:
Does anybody know the history or reasons behind the downloaded ammo? The origional Norma load appeared to perform pretty well. Why go with a lighter velocity loading?
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The blast and recoil were a bit much for some of the smaller and lighter personnel. When they finally came up with the "FBI Load" of a 180gr bullet at 900+fps, some genius figured out that performance level could be reached in a smaller cartridge AND a smaller grip for smaller shooters.
Thus was born the 40 S&W cartridge....