Shooting Illustrated 1/7/2022
Federal introduced its latest ammunition product for personal defense, the 30 Super Carry.One of the fundamentals of growing a business is to identify a niche and fill it. That’s all the folks at Federal were doing.
There has long been a small space between the performance of 9 mm Parabellum and .380 ACP. Though they have the same diameters, the former is the NATO and law enforcement standard and has really been pressing its advantage over every other defensive cartridge over the last several years. The public has embraced it as well. Once new bullets and loadings came along that demonstrated the round’s efficacy as being equal to that of the vaunted .40 S&W and .45 ACP, the reduced recoil of the 9 mm and the superior firepower of gun’s chambered for it made for an easy choice.
The .380 ACP, though, was thought to be a considerable step down. Although bullets like the Federal Hydra-Shok Deep made it a materially better self-defense round, it was still considered the absolute minimum for personal protection. Its favorables were small pistols, light recoil and a relatively soft recoil spring. It wasn’t lauded for its power unless compared to a .22 LR, .22 Mag., .25 ACP or .32 ACP.
Federal, a division of Vista Outdoors, hoped to design a new cartridge with modern bullet technology that would fill the performance gap between the two chamberings. With recent skyrocketing gun sales, largely by new consumers interested in concealed carry due to the recent spike in crime, Federal believed that the time was ripe for a new, dedicated CCW cartridge. But a funny thing happened on the way to the online ammunition forums.
The company created an entirely new cartridge that, while smaller than the 9 mm, skews heavily towards it in terms of power. Dubbed the 30 Super Carry, the new cartridge has a .312-inch bullet diameter, although it’s the same length as a 9 mm. The narrower circumference, though, means more rounds will fit inside a given frame, all else being equal. It also means that, in short order, we’ll be seeing guns specifically designed for the Super Carry that are smaller and lighter than current 9 mm pistols. In other words, we’ll have new guns of .380 ACP size, but with 9 mm muzzle energy.
The chambering generates nearly 50,000 psi of pressure and, with modern design, offers performance not possible just a few years ago. The 100-grain Federal load will provide 347 ft-pounds of muzzle energy; Remington’s 100-grainer offers 336. Meanwhile, the Speer 115-grainer generates 338 ft-pounds. Those numbers compare well to the 381 and 313 ft.-pounds produced by Federal’s 124-grain and 147-grain 9 mm loads, respectively. Moreover, JHP bullets in the new cartridge expand 1.9 times original caliber, almost identical to the best 9 mm loads, which expand 1.915 times initial diameter.
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https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/first-look-federal-premium-30-super-carry-ammunition/I'll stick with my CZ-52 in 7.62x25
7.62x25 Tokarev - The Original 30 Super Carry
KFW 1/12/2022
I like to refer to the 7.62X25 as the 30 Auto Super Magnum. It was the original 30 Super Carry.
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