Was there ever a .38 super revolver?
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Guy B. Meredith
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Yes, Smith and Wesson have sold that in the N frame config. Jerry Miculek used to carry one and I believe it was even approved in California.
Whew! Just did a check of the S&W site. The selection is a bit sparse. No current .38 super.
Whew! Just did a check of the S&W site. The selection is a bit sparse. No current .38 super.
Jim Watson
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S&W Performance Center has done a few 8-shot N frame Supers and some 6-shot L frame guns.
If you want to go back nearly a hundred years, the Webley-Fosberry automatic revolver was made in small numbers in .38 ACP (the old light loading, pre-Super) with an 8-round cylinder and a loading disc a whole lot like a full moon clip.
If you want to go back nearly a hundred years, the Webley-Fosberry automatic revolver was made in small numbers in .38 ACP (the old light loading, pre-Super) with an 8-round cylinder and a loading disc a whole lot like a full moon clip.
Connecticut Yankee
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Webley Fosbery and "The Maltese Falcon"
There was a Webley-Fosbery in 38 ACP precisely because it was semi-rimmed and could chamber in a revolver without half-moon clips. It was eight shot. I suspect it was the original and not the 38 Super given that it was made just around the turn of the century and I thought the Super was an early twenties introduction. BTW this was the gun used to kill Sam Spade's partner in "The Maltese Falcon". Since it really was a "semi-automatic revolver" it probably led to legions of books with guns stated to be "semi-automatic revolvers" but in error.
There was a Webley-Fosbery in 38 ACP precisely because it was semi-rimmed and could chamber in a revolver without half-moon clips. It was eight shot. I suspect it was the original and not the 38 Super given that it was made just around the turn of the century and I thought the Super was an early twenties introduction. BTW this was the gun used to kill Sam Spade's partner in "The Maltese Falcon". Since it really was a "semi-automatic revolver" it probably led to legions of books with guns stated to be "semi-automatic revolvers" but in error.
Wil Terry
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Shucks Boys, Most 357mag Sixguns Can Shoot 38super
Ammunition as is. Drop 'em in and bang away. It's the same with the tougher 38SPL revolvers.
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Ammunition as is. Drop 'em in and bang away. It's the same with the tougher 38SPL revolvers.
You didn't hear this from me...
ClarkEMyers
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Question was factory - there are tales of supers in SAA
Question was factory - there are tales of supers in SAA. Some say the Super was a popular varmint round in single actions in the first third of the last century - when a .357 was a Registered option and single actions were more common.
Question was factory - there are tales of supers in SAA. Some say the Super was a popular varmint round in single actions in the first third of the last century - when a .357 was a Registered option and single actions were more common.
Guy B. Meredith
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May want to try moonclips. Check with TK Custom as to the particulars. Would be interesting if the same modification for .375 mag moonclips works for the .38 super moonclips. I would be tempted to try.
Maybe.
Maybe.
BluesBear
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I have fired .38 super in quite a few S&W .357 revolvers. never did trust it in a .38 special though. That's a bit of pressure.
As for Colt .357 revolvers... sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
The base of the .38 Super is just a tad bit bigger than a .357 and a gun with tight chambers won't accept them without force.
If you decide to shoot .38 Super in your double action .357, be prepared to experience them slipping past the extractor star. It's not a matter of if they will but when they will. So carry a short wooden dowel with you.
As for Colt .357 revolvers... sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
The base of the .38 Super is just a tad bit bigger than a .357 and a gun with tight chambers won't accept them without force.
If you decide to shoot .38 Super in your double action .357, be prepared to experience them slipping past the extractor star. It's not a matter of if they will but when they will. So carry a short wooden dowel with you.
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