I load a ton of .38 Special from mild to (somewhat) wild, but for some reason, I really like loading and shooting .38 Long Colt loads in my .38 Special guns. I know the comments from the nay-sayers. Why not down-load .38 Specials? Well, I do. What about those pesky carbon rings? Well, they come out pretty easy with a normal cleaning, and don’t cause a problem unless you try to shoot .38 Specials after shooting a ton of Long Colts in the same session, or you let your gun sit uncleaned for a long time. And then there’s my favorite... I only shoot rounds that my gun was designed to shoot. Well, .357 Magnums were designed to be backward compatible with .38 Special, and .38 Special was designed to be backward compatible with .38 Long Colt (at least after the standard changed in the 1890s to use hollow base .357” bullets instead of .375” heeled bullets.)
In any case, I get a great deal of satisfaction from loading and shooting the .38 Long Colt. I just wondered if there were others who enjoyed the .38 Long Colt cartridge loaded and shot from modern guns?
In any case, I get a great deal of satisfaction from loading and shooting the .38 Long Colt. I just wondered if there were others who enjoyed the .38 Long Colt cartridge loaded and shot from modern guns?
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