An unusual ammunition, S&B 9mm Luger cartridge, was systematically analyzed in this work because of its unique gunshot residue (GSR) composition. The results revealed that its bullet was neither a normal brass-jacketed-lead- cored bullet nor a steel-cored FMJ bullet as described by Jane's Infantry Weapons, rather a steel-jacketed-lead-cored bullet with one layer each of brass and nickel coatings. It is obvious that the well-known reference book-Jane's Infantry Weapons was wrong with the construction of S&B 9mm Luger bullet. Further results showed that its cartridge case was made of brass and its propellant powder was single- based smokeless powder, which contained four diphenylamine-related stabilizers. No characteristic elements of GSR were detected in its propellant powder. Gunshot residues from dischanging of S&B 9mm Luger cartridge contained characteristic elements of Pb, Ba, Sn, and Ni. Which was different from normal GSR composition of Pb, Sb and Ba. However, residues yielded by the detonation of primer contained only Pb, Ba, and Sn. According to the bullet construction and primer residue composition, the unique elements Sn and Ni detected in GSR were originated from primer and bullet, respectively. Although the bullet was steel-jacketed, the results of test firings toward police ballistic armor indicated that S&B 9mm Luger cartridge was not an armor piercing ammunition.