![]() ![]() ![]() The Ruger LCR Model 5456 9mm Luger debuted in 2014, and the Taurus 905 has been around since 2003. Though some testers groaned when they saw the 9mm revolvers in this test, saying they were as unnatural as three-wheel motorcycles, they put their prejudices aside and found these revolvers performed well at the range. New shooters usually find revolvers to be less complicated to operate, so if your home-defense backup isn’t familiar with semi-autos, you can still partner a high-cap 9mm semi-auto with a low-cap 9mm wheelgun pretty easily. We feel the ability to swap ammo between our semi-auto and our revolver makes sense, with only one type of cartridge to purchase. There are other reasons to look at 9mms in wheelguns. We recorded velocities using a ProChrono digital chronograph with the first screen set 15 feet from the muzzle. The Ruger was fired double action, and the Taurus was fired single action. To collect accuracy data, we fired five-shot groups from a bench using a rest. A bigger nod goes to the availability and affordability of 9mm ammo, which can be found nearly anywhere in the world, and which domestically costs about 17 cents a round compared to 25 cents a round for 38 Special. So the 9mm has a slight performance advantage over the 38 Special. The typical 9mm uses bullet weights from 115 to 147 grains at speeds of 910 fps to 1100 fps. We have done a number of tests comparing 9mm and 38 Special ammunition from short-barrel handguns, and, generally speaking, the 38 Special runs bullets with weights from 110 to 158 grains at muzzle velocities of 900 fps to 1000 fps. Now, ballistic technology has made the once underperforming 9mm better. We noted then that 9mm compact semi-automatic pistols have an edge over 38 Special revolvers due to the semi-automatic’s higher round capacity, but in the revolver, the playing field between 38 Special and 9mm Luger is leveled, as far as round counts go. In the past we tested two such 9mm Luger chamberings, an S&W Model 940 (C+) and Charter Arms Pitbull (A-). When we think snubnose revolvers, we typically think 38 Special, but since the mid-20th century, revolver manufacturers have been building short-barreled wheelguns chambered for 9mm semi-automatic pistol ammunition. The 9mm is the most popular handgun cartridge in the world, in use with most military forces and LE agencies in fact the FBI announced in 2014 that it is switching back to the 9mm after having used the 40 S&W since 1997. ![]()
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