345 TK

The 345 TK cartridge was developed and is being produced by a Russian company Techkrim from Izhevsk. This new 345 TK cartridge  is legally certified in Russia as ‘smoothbore’ (“shotgun”) ammunition. New cartridge is made to emulate 9×19 Luger ammunition, and features rimless steel case 22 mm long, loaded with variety of jacketed or hollowpoint bullets 8.8mm in diameter, weighting about 7.5 – 9.5 gram, and muzzle velocity from 30 cm barrel of about 400-450 m/s. Cartridge overall length is compatible with 9×19 Luger magazines. Ballistics of the 345TK round is also similar to 9×19 Luger, with effective range from 30cm carbine barrel being about 100 meters, give or take. It is intended to be fired from nominally smoothbore barrels with Paradox or Lancaster type bore.

345TK cartridge