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9mm Winchester Magnum

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Type
  
Handgun

Designer
  
Winchester

Bullet diameter
  
.355 in (9.0 mm)

Place of origin
  
United States

Case type
  
Rimless, straight

Neck diameter
  
.379 in (9.6 mm)

The 9mm Winchester Magnum, which is also known as the 9×29mm, is a centerfire handgun cartridge developed by Winchester in the late 1970s. The cartridge was developed to duplicate the performance of the .357 S&W Magnum in an auto-pistol cartridge.

The first handgun which chambered the cartridge was the Wildey pistol. Since then, Thompson/Center has produced barrels chambered for this cartridge and AMT chambered their Automag III for it too, but the cartridge never reached the popularity enjoyed by other handgun cartridges.

References

9mm Winchester Magnum Wikipedia