Is 9mm the New Black?
Introduced in 1901 by an Austrian guy who lent his name to a popular pistol he designed, the 9x19mm Parabellum round has seen its ups and downs. Long a military round on a global scale, it was marginalized in the US for generations until it gained some ground in the 1980s. Then came the .40S&W and the 9mm’s name has been mud ever since. That is, until today.
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