9mm GLISENTI

The Glisenti Model 1910 was adopted by the Italian Government in 1911 as the “Cartuccia a Pallotolla Cal. 9 M.910.”. The locking system of the Glisenti was weaker than that of the standard 9mm Parabellum cartridge adopted by Germany earlier, and therefore the 9mm...

11.5 X 35 WERDER M69

Cartridge developed around 1869 for use in both the Werder M69 Pistol as well as the Werder Carbine developed by Johann Ludwig Werder and based on his rifle design from 1868. It used a falling block design and was one of the first center-fire handguns to be adopted by...

11.5mm ROTH

   This is the exceedingly rare 11.5 mm Roth-Krnka experimental made by George Roth for the British auto-pistol trials (c. 1901-1903). The trials are described in the Minutes of the Small Arms Committee, from the Royal Armouries Library at Leeds as well as...

9mm GALAND

Introduced a few years after the 9mm Perrin, the 9mm Galand was developed by French gunsmith Charles-François Galand of Liège, Belgium together with Alfred Summerville of the British firm of BRAENDLIN, SOMMERVILLE & Co, BIRMINGHAM and first patented on the 18th of...

9mm FROMMER

Rudolf Frommer was born on the 4th of August 1868 in Budapest and did not enter the arms trade at first, but rather he studied economics and became an investment banker at the Hitel Bank in Budapest. On of the accounts he was responsible for was the firm of Fegyver és...

11.5mm MONTENEGRIN GASSER

   This is described as the 11.5x36R Montenegrin Gasser that was used in a heavy 6-shot Gasser system revolver. This cartridge was listed in the 1909 SFM catalogue as the “11.5mm Montenegrin Gasser”. The ‘standard’ 11.3m Gasser M.1870 revolver has a tapered...

11.35mm SCHOUBOE

The 11.35mm Schouboe is a simple blowback pistol with a non-exposed hammer and was designed by Jens Theodor Suhr Schouboe, - better known for his work on the Madsen light machine gun - during 1903 and was originally designed as a pocket pistol chambered in 32 ACP but...

11.3 X 36R GASSER M.70

The 11.3x36R Gasser is a downgraded version of the 11mm Werndl M.67 Carbine cartridge and is known as the 11.3x36R M1870 Revolver Patrone that was adopted by the Austo-Hungerian Army in August 1870. This huge revolver was developed in 1869 by gunsmith Leopold Gasser...

9mm FEDERAL

The rationale behind the 9mm Federal never made sense. Federal decided in the 1980’s that sport shooters needed a revolver cartridge that duplicated the ballistics of the standard 9mm Parabellum, much the same as the 45 Auto Rim was for the 45 ACP. After the new...

9mm FAR

The 9mm FAR (Fast, Accurate, Reliable) was developed by Italian designer Antonio Cudazzo and introduced in December 2000 by Tanfoglio and the FAR system was endorsed by then World Champion IPSC shooter Eric Grauffel. The idea was for a new system in handgun design...

9mm DEVISME

Louis-François Devisme was known for his exceptional quality firearms during the 19th century, which are highly sought after, even today. He received numerous awards over a thirty-year period, from his first award for firearms design and manufacture at the 1834 Paris...

11mm SWEDISH ORDNANCE m/71

When the Swedish Army upgraded from pinfire to center-fire, their existing Lefaucheaux revolvers were converted and adopted as the Lefaucheux – Francotte Cavalry model 1871. The m/71 revolver was invented by August Hagstrom (1817-1901) and was only used by Sweden and...

9mm DEVEL

During the mid 1970’s, the idea of a full powered, compact pistol for concealed carry did not exist, one had to carry a small, and invariably inferior caliber handgun. Paris Theodore from the ASP Corporation was the first do modifiy S&W Model 39’s to a compact...

11mm MAUSER

I have not been able to find any information on this cartridge. Erlmeier, Brandt just gives a description of a cartridge for a Mauser Revolver of unknown construction that was in all probability a short-lived experimental design (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 162C)....

11mm JAVELLE

The 11mm Javelle is a horizontal pinfire cartridge and was designed by Michel Javelle in the late 1850’s to early 1860’s. This is the third variation; the other two had the base of the pin holder visible and flush with the bottom of the case. The cartridge case is...

9mm CAMPO GIRO

Much controversy has surrounded the 9mm Campo Giro over the years. The Campo-Giro was a semi-automatic pistol, named after its designer, Colonel Don Venancio López de Ceballos y Aguirre, Count of Campo-Giro. Studies have shown however that, although the pistol design...

11mm GREEK ORDNANCE M.1874

The Greek Army adopted the M1873 Chamelot-Delvigne Revolver and was in use by them until the beginning of World War 2. Ammunition was originally provided by France, but later orders were done by Georg Roth as well as by the Greek Powder and Cartridge Company that was...

9mm BROWNING LONG

The 9mm Browning Long was designed by the famous John M. Browning for FN in Belgium in 1902 and was first adopted in 1903 for the Browning M.1903. it is basically a scaled-up version of the 7.65mm Browning and also retains the semi-rim. It should have been a very...

11mm FRENCH Mle.1873

With the adoption of the 11mm Lefaucheux M-1858 Pinfire Revolver the French Navy became the first military organization to adopt a self-contained metallic cartridge handgun for general issue and use. After their defeat in the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 the French...

9mm BERGMANN-BAYARD

This cartridge has had many designations over time. Discussed on the website is the 9mm Campo Giro, as well as the 9mm Largo, both are different designations for exactly the same cartridge, the latter two being used by Spain, until replaced by the 9mm Parabellum....

11mm DEVISME

Louis-François Devisme was known for his exceptional quality firearms during the 19th century, which are highly sought after, even today. He received numerous awards over a thirty year period, from his first award for firearms design and manufacture at the 1834 Paris...

11mm DEVILLERS MOCK DUEL

Developed by a French medical doctor, Dr Paul Devilliers during the early 1900’s when the sport of duelling was still practiced. His invention was filed under patent N° 312320 whereby a spherical ball made of wax, tallow and Barium Sulphate was inserted in a cartridge...

9mm ACTION EXPRESS

The 9mm AE is based on the 41 AE necked down to 9mm and was also developed by Evan Whildin from Action Arms. It was launched as an experimental round in 1988, a year or so after the introduction of the 41 AE, and precedes the 357 SIG by almost six years. It did not...

10.8mm MONTENEGRIN No. 4

This cartridge is listed as the 10.8mm Montenegrin No.4 Revolver in Erlmeier, Brandt as Ref. 157. From an earlier IAA Forum discussion however this cartridge has been identified as an early long cased, inside lubricated 44 Webley by UMC. It will be listed here for...

10.6mm SCHULHOF

This was a design by Josef Schulhof (1824 - 1890), gunmaker from Vienna. He patented a repeating rifle in 1882 and was credited with having developed several types of repeating pistols around 1884. All required a manual movement to chamber and discharge the cartridge....

10mm SURABAYA

There is very little info available on this cartridge, except for some discussion on the IAA Forum. The Two KNIL (Koningklike Nederlandse Indische Leger) plants in Java (Bandoeng & Soerabaya) both assembled and reloaded ammunition for the KNIL, amongst others...

10mm MAUSER LONG

Cartridge for an experimental German revolver. The headstamp H.EHRMANN & C x CARLSRUHE x dates this as a very early development as the Ehrmann factory ceased operations in 1882. This cartridge was also only shown in the 1882 Lorenz Export catalogue. (Erlmeier,...

10mm MARS

This is a Kynamco manufactured cartridge for collectors. Apparently the largest of the metric caliber Mars experimental cartridges for the H.W. Gabbett-Fairfax designed pistols ca. 1900. (Erlmeier, Brandt Ref. 146).    

10mm MAGNUM

The 10mm Magnum is an extended length version of the 10mm Auto and was developed as a factory offered cartridge in the Automag IV pistol around 1992 by ex-California based AMT (Arcadia Machine & Tool Inc), which was later bought by IAI (Irwindale Arms Inc). The...

10mm GAUPILLAT

There is very little information available about the 10mm Gaupillat except a note from Erlmeier, Brandt stating that it was discovered at the 1975 Lucerne Arms show in a box labelled: Nombre 25 – Calibre 10m/m – Cartouches pour Revolvers a percussion centrale. It...

10mm CENTAUR

The idea of necking the 45 ACP down to 10mm is not a new idea. During the early 90’s, long before the development of the 40 SUPER, Charles Petty who was a respected gun-writer developed the 10mm Centaur together with Ray Herriott who was the designer and Richard Beebe...

10mm BERGMANN M.1901

Theodor Bergman (1850 – 1931) was a German industrialist who had a keen interest in firearms and developed a line of pistols during the late 1890’s to early 1900’s, although his business dealings were more toward bicycles and the then newly developed automobile. It is...