Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Handgun Ammo
9X21mm
The 9X21mm is a rimless pistol cartridge was developed in Israel in 1984. It is based on the 9mm Luger cartridge with case exended by 2mm to .8327-inch. Its purpose was a sporting/competition/personal defense cartridge, developed not for enhanced performance but to get around a then-common restriction in many countries that prohibited private ownership of handguns in military calibers. The European Union has dropped this restriction, but it remains in place in a number of other countries throughout the world. 9X21mm ammunition is primarily manufactured in Europe and is readily available. — Craig Boddington
