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    PULLING A 9MM WHEELIE

    Mar 26, 2020 5 minutes
    BY JOSH WAYNER

    What image pops into your mind? Cowboys? Gunslingers? Your favorite Western film? Shooting wadcutters in a bull’s-eye match? Hunting game at bowhunting distances?

    The vast majority of people don’t think of the 9x19mm cartridge when talking about revolvers. It offers some unique angles for revolver fans ... and some deficiencies as well.

    9MM REVOLVERS VS. SEMI-AUTOMATICS

    There are very few revolver designs that are truly optimized for the 9mm cartridge. Of course, there have been many attempts at viability. But, for the most part, revolvers use rimmed cartridges. The frame size, barrel length and many other small design elements give a heavy preference to the use of a semi-automatic when looking at small, rimless cartridges such as the 9mm.

    In general, revolvers have never really been designed to use rimless cartridges. It would

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