4 Benefits of and Uses for Bottleneck Handgun Cartridges

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Despite bottleneck cartridges being more the rule than the exception for rifles, for whatever reason, the opposite is true of pistols. Not that they are unknown or unrecognized altogether. The impressive FN Five seveN, for instance, has a loyal following, and for good reason. By “necking down” a cartridge to fire a smaller bullet, just as is the case with rifle cartridges, the performance of the bullet can be significantly improved. Both the benefits and uses of bottleneck pistol cartridges deserve more recognition from the handgun community.

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 Benefits of Bottleneck Pistol Cartridges

Speed and Feed

It could be argued that the two primary advantages of bottleneck pistol cartridges are speed and feed. As in, they are capable of reaching exceptional velocities for pistol ammunition and generally experience less issues when feeding. Along with the FN Herstal bottleneck speed demon, the 57x28mm cartridge, likely the most well-known bottleneck pistol cartridge is the 357 SIG. Handguns chambered for both of those cartridges have been adopted by many law enforcement and military agencies for their ballistic performance and feeding reliability.

Fast, Far, and Flat

The power and speed conferred by bottleneck handgun cartridges afford the practical payoff of those bullets traveling fast, far, and flat. In addition to the high velocity and ballistic performance, smaller projectiles propelled from necked down cases moving that fast also translates into excellent range and accuracy.

Uses of Bottleneck Pistol Cartridges

Long-Distance and Competitive Shooting

There is a great variety of competitive pistol competitions, many of them with caliber limitations. A bottleneck round can serve as a means to stay within a caliber range while offering superior performance to straight-walled cartridges of the same caliber. That bottleneck cartridges are known for reliable feeding can also prove to be a significant benefit in speed or steel, speed, or running matches when flawless feeding is a must.

Hunting and Outdoor Protection

A cartridge providing speed, accuracy, and distance is obviously going to be a benefit when hunting. The tremendous velocity provided by bottleneck pistol cartridges can also provide enough power and kinetic energy to make them effective for hunting larger game than usual. For instance, the Czech gun manufacturer FK BRNO developed proprietary handguns chambered for their proprietary 75 FK cartridge. The 75 FK is a bottleneck powerhouse and has been demonstrated effective at cleanly taking hogs and even deer within a couple of hundred yards. That sort of power could also make pistols chambered in larger bottleneck cartridges a reasonable handgun protection option when in the territory of dangerous animals.

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