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Smith & Wesson M&P in .38 Special produced in 1899 A .38 Special Jacketed Soft Point round Air Force issue Smith & Wesson Model 15-4 in .38 Special In 1930, Smith & Wesson introduced a large-frame 38 Special revolver with a 5-inch barrel and fixed sights intended for police use, the Smith & Wesson 38/44 Heavy Duty .
These new revolvers were chambered for a new more powerful type of .38 Special ammunition capable of firing a 158-grain (10.2 g) metal-penetrating copper-tipped lead-alloy bullet at 1,125 feet (343 m) per second. [5] In comparison, conventional .38 Special ammunition fires a 158-grain (10.2 g) bullets at 755 feet (230 m) per second. [1]
Pages in category ".38 Special firearms" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Armscor M200;
In line with other arms design of the time, the nkm wz. 38 FK was a code-name rather than a proper name of the weapon. The nkm acronym stands for Polish: najcięższy karabin maszynowy, literally the heaviest machine gun (i.e. heavier than standard contemporary heavy machine guns using standard rifle cartridges such as the 7.92 Mauser, .303 British or 7.62×54mmR).
Obsolete. Smallest round ever manufactured. [3] 4.6×30mm: 2000 Germany H 4.6×30mm 2410 400 0.332 0.183 30mm Bottlenecked high velocity PDW cartridge designed by Heckler & Koch in conjunction with the Heckler & Koch MP7 personal defense weapon. 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum: 1970 [3] US 0 [3] R 5×26mm 2100 [3] 327 0.311 0.205 [3] 26mm ...
Assault rifles are full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern militaries. Some rifles listed below, such as the AR-15, also come in semi-auto models that would not belong under the term ...
Degtyaryov machine gun: Light machine gun Soviet Union: 792,000 Krag-Jørgensen Rifle: Bolt-action rifle Norway: 748,500< +750,000 Official rifle of the US military from 1892-4 until 1904. Ruger GP100: Revolver United States: 734,500 [151] Colt 1903/1908 Pocket Hammerless: Semi-automatic pistol 710,000 572,215 in .32 ACP and 138,009 in .380 ACP
The Model 36 was designed in the era just after World War II, when Smith & Wesson stopped producing war materials and resumed normal production. For the Model 36, they sought to design a revolver that could fire the more powerful (compared to the .38 Long Colt or the .38 S&W) .38 Special round in a small, concealable package. Since the older I ...