someone please explain the 9mm ammo shortage

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I'm surprised nobody's started a thread on that yet. I thought about it, but decided that was best left to Yubba.

Yeah it is surprising to me as well.Of course I notice that it hardly got the attention that a gun incident would get in the media.That stabbing got the same amount of treatment that a very minor firearm incident would get.

This is of course because it flies in the face of the medias agenda on firearms.

@RedOctober In my post about measurements I said barrel length that is incorrect.You are looking for length of the rifle from butt stock to muzzle.

You felt lower recoil because you where using ammo with less powder.Many people will hand load(or purchase hand loads) 7.62x54mm with a lighter powder load to make it more pleasant to shoot.Full power rounds are fairly strong recoil wise and only needed for hunting or in combat or at one time in combat.

I hear guys incorrectly think that 7.62x54mm is on par with .303 in power that is because they are shooting light rounds.

I have made some really light powder loads that my daughter uses(she is 10) in my M44s it still has a bit of recoil for someone that size but it makes it not a nightmare.She tried a few times with more powerful rounds but it was to much recoil for her.


At the Russian armament museum in Tula they have a one off scaled down M91 that was made for Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov(son of Nichols) its caliber was 3.81x27R.There are photos of him carrying it out there on the web.