What Kind Of Bullets Does A Cal .9 Take?

Question

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb245/Shotz92/ber_0017x.jpg I got this picture off of yahoo images to show you what it exactly looks like

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb245/Shotz92/ber_0017x.jpg

I got this off of yahoo images, ppl are saying its a 380 and some are saying its a 9, i can not really tell

Answer 1

Edit for the Addtional Info:

What the correct answers are trying to tell you is the Metric/"European" "9mm Corto" is also known as the Imperial/"American" ".380 ACP". That is the same cartridge, expressed in Metric and Imperial units of measure.

Because there are Metric and Imperial ways of measuring things, they can be equal, with different numbers. For instance, any given .30 Caliber (diameter) rifle cartridge is measured in Metric units as 7.62mm (diameter). To differentiate the different calibers (.30'06 Springfield, .308 Winchester) the case length is added to make 7.62x63mm or 7.62x51mm specific.

Caliber = American
Millimeter = European/World

A cartridge can be expressed either way - don't get crazy trying to figure out which ones are which yet. This was a start.

To recap:

9 Corto/9mm Corto/9x17mm Corto

Is equal to:

.380 ACP/.380 Auto/.380 Automatic Colt Pistol

We now continue with your regularly scheduled answer.

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Stamped on that pistol is "9 Corto". Which would mean, 9mm Corto. Corto is Italian for "short" if my heritage and limited knowledge of the language serves.

9mm Corto/9mm Short is also known as 9x17mm, or in the US .380 ACP (Auto).

The world "caliber" can PRECEDE either Imperial or Metric units of measure because the "caliber" of a firearm itself is often used to describe the chambering of the firearm (eg. In a product description, Caliber: .380ACP, or it could be Caliber: 9mm Corto).

Firearm "calibers" themselves are pretty much always decimals (e: .357, .45, .22) because they are one-hundreths of an inch measurements. Only until you get past .99in would you need a whole number, and that would be a heck of a gun.

Metric calibers always have a whole number out front, from 4.5mm (.17 Caliber) up to 12.7mm (.50 Caliber) and so on.

Answer 2

You're getting a few correct answers on caliber but no one has identified the pistol.

The photo is of a Beretta Model 1934, 7 Shot Semi Automatic Pistol
.9 (or 9mm Corto "Short") which is a 380 ACP caliber in the current U.S. ammunition manufactured to fit this particular gun.
* I own one of these myself and it's a great shooting firearm
This Beretta Pistol was the "Standard" issue sidearm produced to fill Dictator Mussolini's need for small arms when Italy invaded Africa during World War 2.
As inscribed on the slide, the gun was manufactured by Pietro Beretta SP A , Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
These guns are a popular Collectors item despite being mass produced during WW 2.

Answer 3

Beretta Pietro 380

Answer 4

Yes i concur it is 9mm corto which in Mediterranean circles is the same as the the Germanic 9mm Kurtz which is the same as .380acp. this is not to be confused with the 9mm Parrabellum which is the same diameter but a different case length

Answer 5

.380 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol)
(9mm Browning Short)
(9mm Kurz)
(9mm Corto)

Answer 6

That's an old Beretta .380 acp. When you see the word "corto," or sometimes "kurtz" after the .9mm that means it is a .380 acp. That's how .380 ammo is classified in Europe: .9mm Short, .9mm Kurtz or .9mm Corto.

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Answer 7

A 9mm Corto is 9mm short. In US the 9mm short is known as the .380.

Answer 8

this take 9mm short.. which is .380 cal

Answer 9

everyone beat me to it but .380acp still need points though lol

Answer 10

.380 ACP