Chocolate Bayou
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Bought a new Colt 38Super Sat. @ gun Show. This is by far the most accurate gun NIB I have ever had. Happy, happy, happy!
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huntershooter
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Congrats.
The new Supers are nice guns.
I shot one last summer that was quite accurate. Colt finally got with the program (a number of years back) and their barrels headspace on the casemouth rather than the semi rim of the case, as the original barrels did.
The new Supers are nice guns.
I shot one last summer that was quite accurate. Colt finally got with the program (a number of years back) and their barrels headspace on the casemouth rather than the semi rim of the case, as the original barrels did.
Armed 24/7
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I bought one in 2011. You should try the Armscor 124 gr and especially try the Fiocci 129 gr loads. They are both highly accurate and about $20 for 50. Which is about as good as it gets with the Super.
Clippers
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I agree, we need pics!
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I have a RIA .38 Super on layway - awaiting a sequence of 30 day waiting periods between handgun purchases here in California before I can actually buy it, but I'm anticipating it will be a superb pistol. Based on the fit and finish of the .45ACP version I have I'm looking forward to the .38 Super chambering. I know RIA was using ramped barrels in their Supers some time back, but I haven't seen anything lately to know whether they have gone with non-ramped.
In any case, the Super is a GREAT cartridge that has not received proper respect from a fickle shooting public because it was originally designed to headspace on the RIM which led to inaccuracy, and it wasn't a military round, and it never became a primary police round thanks in part to the emergence of the .357 Magnum revolver. But the .38 Super seems to be experiencing a bit of resurgence as more and more people "discover" we've had the 357 Sig all along...
In any case, the Super is a GREAT cartridge that has not received proper respect from a fickle shooting public because it was originally designed to headspace on the RIM which led to inaccuracy, and it wasn't a military round, and it never became a primary police round thanks in part to the emergence of the .357 Magnum revolver. But the .38 Super seems to be experiencing a bit of resurgence as more and more people "discover" we've had the 357 Sig all along...
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