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Unread 02-20-2016, 12:19 PM   #12
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Here's a pic/page from the 1943 Textbook Of Automatic Pistols by Wilson. The 9mm version (a bottlenecked 45 Mars cartridge) is quoted at 1750fps. Also rotary bolt, long recoil.

Interesting. Also an amusing excerpt from Pistols Of The World...
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