In chronographic testing, we found the M1152 Active Duty sample sent to us clocked in at a mean average of 1310, within 10 fps or so of the advertised range.Īs the Pentagon is also buying the Winchester-produced companion M1153 9mm round in quantity– which uses a 147-grain jacketed-hollow-point bullet– for use in the MHS series of pistols, the M1152 is more of a training round– at least on the commercial market. The current 124-grain Winchester NATO load runs usually about 100 fps or so faster than typical FMJ loads in the same weight. Unlike the 124-grain NATO made by the company, it does not have the NATO “cross” stamp. The M1152 ammo sent for testing has a “WMA 19” headstamp, which is typical for ammunition made at the company’s Oxford, Mississippi plant.
Going back to 1942, the War Department adopted a 116-grain FMJ with a 1,400 fps velo as the “Cartridge, Ball, 9mm, M1” with Winchester picking up the contract to produce millions of these literal parabellum rounds for use in Allied pistols and SMGs such as the STEN gun and others during World War II. Further, Winchester for a generation has been a prime contractor of the military’s M882 9mm cartridge, adopted in 1985 for use with the M9 Beretta. The company has long been in the 9mm biz for the U.S.
“Consumers can now use the same product selected by the US Military for their training needs.” Warfighter and was selected as the sole source ammunition supplier for the United States Army Modular Handgun System (MHS) Program,” Winchester said in a news release earlier this year. “Winchester proudly developed M1152 to serve alongside the U.S. Downrange this shifts to 1,301/432 at 5 yards and 132/387 at 25 yards, according to the tables provided by the company. With a brass case and military primer, it has an advertised velocity of 1,320 fps at the muzzle which translates to 445 ft/lbs of energy.
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Using a 115-grain flat nose full metal jacketed bullet, the 9x19mm Luger round has a distinctive shape. As the round was recently made available to the public, we had to check it out. Army Modular Handgun System (MHS) program, where the M1152 serves. Winchester was selected in 2016 as the ammunition supplier for the U.S. Winchester’s M1152 Active Duty 9mm load was adopted by the Army for the new MHS handgun program and in now available for commercial sale.
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