4 Benefits of and Uses for Bottleneck Handgun Cartridges

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.