All small arms ammunition
The ball cartridge is the general purpose round of this register: an inert jacketed bullet with no incendiary or tracer filling. The group holds 26 line items, from the 6.35 mm and 9 x 17 mm pistol cartridges through the 5.56 x 45 mm M193, M855 and SS 109 rifle families, the 7.62 x 39 mm M43 and M67, the 7.62 x 51 mm M80, the 7.62 x 54R mm M30 (J) and M87, up to the 12.7 x 99 mm M33 and the 12.7 x 108 mm round. Every entry states a bullet mass, a propellant type and a packing configuration.
A .50 (12.7 x 99 mm) cartridge with a lacquered steel case and a 45 g mild steel cored ball bullet X60, for use in all .50 calibre machine guns.
Revolver cartridge with 158 gr full point jacketed or semi-jacketed flat point bullet to C.I.P. and SAAMI.
Revolver cartridge with a lead and antimony core bullet of 10.2 g (158 gr) and an average velocity of 270 plus or minus 15 m/s, made to C.I.P. and SAAMI standards.
Revolver cartridge with 158 gr total metal jacket lead/antimony core bullet to C.I.P. and SAAMI.
A .38 Super Auto pistol cartridge with a lead/antimony core ball bullet, made to C.I.P. and SAAMI standards for weapons of .38 Super Auto calibre.
Pistol cartridge with 180 gr total metal jacket lead/antimony core bullet to C.I.P. and SAAMI.
A .44 Magnum revolver cartridge with a lead/antimony core bullet, offered as a 11.7 g full profile jacketed loading and a 15.5 g semi-jacketed hollow point loading, both to C.I.P. and SAAMI standards.
Pistol cartridge with 230 gr lead/antimony core ball bullet to MIL-C-1311E for .45 Auto calibre weapons.
A 10 mm Auto pistol cartridge with a full profile jacketed lead/antimony core bullet of 11 g, made to CIP and SAAMI standards for 10 mm Auto calibre weapons.
Ball cartridge with tombac plated steel jacket and aluminium tipped lead/antimony core for 12.7 x 108 mm machine guns.
Ball machine gun cartridge to MIL-C-10190D with tombac jacketed steel and lead/antimony core bullet.
Rifle cartridge with lead-antimony core bullet for 5.56 x 45 mm weapons with 1:12 in barrel twist, to MIL-C-9963.
Rifle cartridge with steel core bullet for 5.56 x 45 mm weapons with 1:7 in to 1:9 in barrel twist, to MIL-C-63989.
STANAG 4172 rifle cartridge with steel core bullet for 5.56 x 45 mm weapons with 1:7 in to 1:9 in barrel twist.
A 6.35 mm (.25 Auto) pistol cartridge with a lead/antimony core ball bullet, made to C.I.P. and SAAMI standards for pistols of 6.35 mm calibre.
A 7.62 mm Tokarev ball pistol cartridge with a lead/antimony core bullet, for weapons of 7.62 x 25 mm calibre.
Full metal jacket cartridge with steel and lead/antimony core, perforating 3 mm mild steel plate at 400 m from the muzzle.
Rifle cartridge with lead/antimony core bullet for all 7.62 x 39 mm calibre weapons.
Rifle cartridge with lead/antimony core bullet to STANAG 2310 and MIL-C-46931F, in Berdan or boxer primed versions.
Rifle cartridge with 182 gr lead/antimony core bullet for 7.62 x 54 mm calibre weapons.
Rifle cartridge with steel core bullet for 7.62 x 54 mm calibre weapons.
A 7.65 mm Browning (.32 Auto) pistol cartridge with a lead/antimony core ball bullet, made to C.I.P. and SAAMI standards for pistols of 7.65 mm calibre.
A 9 x 17 mm (.380 Auto) pistol cartridge with a lead/antimony core ball bullet, made to the SAAMI standard for pistols of .380 Auto calibre.
Pistol cartridge with lead/antimony core bullet for 9 x 18 mm calibre pistols, to C.I.P. and SAAMI.
Full metal jacket military pistol and submachine gun cartridge meeting MIL-C-70508 and STANAG 4090, in 124 gr or 115 gr.
Full metal jacket 124 gr cartridge for law enforcement use, training and range competition, tested on NATO EPVAT barrels.
Tender annexes describe a ball cartridge by calibre and designation, then by the figures a buyer can verify on acceptance. Those figures vary from entry to entry and may include bullet mass in grams and grains, cartridge mass, average velocity measured at a stated distance from the muzzle, primer and propellant type, the operating temperature interval, and the reference standard where one applies. The packing line closes the entry, giving rounds per box or case and, where it is stated, the weight of that box.
Two naming conventions run through the group. Military models carry their NATO or Eastern designation, among them M193, M855, SS 109, M80, M43, M67, M30 (J), M87 and M33, and most of those also carry an A-series index, such as A-008 for the M193, A-710 for the M855 and A-261 for the M33. Most of the pistol and revolver items are identified by that index alone, as with A-215, A-339 and A-079, while the two 9 x 19 mm entries carry no index at all. What changes between models is bullet construction and mass, the barrel twist the round is written for, the quoted standard, and the number of rounds per box.
The M193 carries a 3.56 g / 55 gr lead-antimony core bullet at 965 m/s and is written to MIL-C-9963 for barrels of 1:12 in twist. The M855 carries a 4 g / 62 gr steel core bullet at 920 m/s to MIL-C-63989, for 1:7 in to 1:9 in twist barrels.
Most pistol and revolver entries quote C.I.P. and SAAMI, among them the .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .38 Super Auto, .40 S&W, 10 mm Auto and 9 x 18 mm Makarov. The 9 x 17 mm entry quotes SAAMI alone, the .45 Auto quotes MIL-C-1311E, and the 7.62 x 25 mm entry quotes no standard.
