What size rifle cartridge is equivalent to a 9mm pistol cartridge?

Question

Any time I look in the sales ads for sporting goods stores, they list rifle caliber sizes as 410 gauge, 20 gauge, 12 gauge, 17 caliber, .243, .223, etc. Do they have rifles that shoot 9mm rounds? If the rounds are not called "9mm" because they load into rifles, what's the nearest equivalent? Am I making any sense?

Answer 1

it would be .354 inches which is slightly larger than a 30/06

Answer 2

9mm refers to the diameter of the bullet, while the cartridge size is a different story. M16s use 5.56mm rounds which are a little more than half the diameter of the 9mm, but it has a large shell casing with more powder which makes it go faster and further. Caliber is the diameter of the bullet in inches, i.e. the 5.56mm NATO round is also called the .223 because that is the diameter of the round in inches as opposed to mm. Handguns use larger, heavier bullets that move slowly while rifles use smaller bullets that go quick and far and penetrate further (better for hunting). If you are looking for a rifle that shoots pistol rounds (9mm) you are looking for a sub-machinegun although I have seen rifles like the AR15 (essentially the M16) chambered in 9mm. Expect to pay an arm and a leg to get them though because they are rare and the taxes on a submachine gun will ruin you. Any rifle chambered in a cartridge with the equivalent power of a 9mm is only good for target shooting, the biggest thing that could take would probably be a squirrel. On the other hand, 9mm rounds are dirt cheap!

Answer 3

The Tommy gun aka Thompson fired a .45 ACP NOT a 9mm...

Any rifle that would fire a 9mm or any other pistol cartridge would be in the category of a CARBINE! A small rifle.

Berretta make a carbine called the STORM and Ruger makes several carbines -- both mfgr's have models that fire 9mm pistol rounds.

Every cartridge is different (hence different names) -- and always goes by its same name regardless -- the name/caliber of a cartridge is never changes because of the firearm its chambered in. A 9mm Luger handgun is the same in a 9mm Luger carbine.

P.S. a .410, 20 gauge, and 12 gauge are shotguns, not rifle cartridges.

Answer 4

Equivalent in which manner? Caliber or power factor? 9mm rifles abound, altho none of them are useful as a hunting gun - a cheap Marlin .22 would do in that case.

There is a European round - not seen stateside often - 9x74, and I don't know of anyone commercially selling a rifle with that chambering. Of course a gunsmith can always customize a Remington 700 - for a price.

Closest equivalent in power would be 32/20. Guns in this caliber are nowadays almost always lever-action "cowboy" guns.

Answer 5

The 9mm round is about .380 of 1 inch in diameter this would place it between the 375 H&H and the 416 Rigby. Remembering that the shape and weight of the bullet is much different and a huge difference in the size of the cartridge and power.

Answer 6

First off there are actually several "9mm's". The common one you are refering to is the 9mm "Luger" or "Parabelum." Next, there are a number of rifles and carbines chambered for the 9mm. The Berretta Storm, the Marlin camp Carbine, The Ruger PC 9, and many others. In terms of power it is simular to some lever action rifle rounds of old like the .32-20 or .38 spl.
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Answer 7

the 9 mm is a pistol cartridge ..some rifles HI point ect are made to fire this Pistol round the old german submachine gun MP40 also fired it..but a true rifle cartridge that is close power wise would be the m1 carbine with a 110 gr bullet
the thompson by the way uses a 45 cal round

Answer 8

Thompson M1 used a .45ACP

Marlin makes the Camp 9 (9mm) kinda hard to find anymore.
Ruger makes PC 9 (9mm) and PC 4 (.40SW)
Colt makes an AR-15 carbine for 9mm it's like a bbgun 9mm sux.
HiPoint sux
Get at least .40 and if you want nuts get 10mm

Answer 9

22

Answer 10

none really. most rifle cartidges are more powerful because the cartridges can hold more powder and fire a heavier bullet since the receiver and barrel are inherently stronger in a rifle than in a handgun.

marlin does make a rifle that fires the 9mm.

Answer 11

I think the P90 use a rifle cartridge with a pistol calibre.