I recently saw an ad for 9mm FMJ ammo that nearly gave me a heart attack. Right now, in the midst of this Coronavirus, there is a serious run on 9mm ammo, and when you can find it at a gun shop, it is expensive, and even more so on-line. 45 ACP to the 9mm back in the 1980s, as their service round. The 9mm round is the most popular self-defense round in use, all over the world, bar none. I’ve taken several deer over the years, with a 110-grain softpoint lead round from an M1 Carbine, and they didn’t take a step after being hit – they just went down – fast! Of course, the military was required to use FMJ bullets, no hollow points or soft points. It is a well-proven man-stopper of a pistol round.

357 Magnum round, and there isn’t nothing anemic about the. I should mention that we are talking about military M1 Carbines, not some of the civilian copies – many of which weren’t very reliable. I’ve owned more than a few M1 Carbines over the years, and they were all fun guns to shoot, and I would take one into combat without hesitation. 30 Cal M1 carbine round – it wasn’t a handgun round per se. However, that isn’t always the case, to wit, the M1 Carbine of WW2 fame, fired what was called the. In many respects, it is a rifle with a barrel around 16 to 20-inches, and typically it fires a handgun round. We’re going to take a look at the new Model 19122 and it’s one honey of a 9mm carbine.ĭepending on who you talk to, or what you find in your research, a modern “carbine” can be described many different ways. I correctly predicted that they’d bring one out with a telescoping stock and a pistol grip. I knew it was only a question of time before Ruger, brought out different models. I have to ration the 9mm ammo when we go out shooting, or she’ll shoot-up every round we bring with is…she is fast on the trigger and deadly accurate as well. She insisted on getting one, and loves shooting it. I was more than impressed with this little 9mm carbine, as was my wife. In January of 2018, I did a review of the then fairly-new Ruger PC9.

Ruger 9mm rifle review