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A small number of .45 ACP submachine guns were also made in .38 Super, such as the Ingram Model 6 [16] and Thompson submachine gun. [17] A machine pistol variant of the M1911 chambered in .38 Super was also produced by Hyman S. Lehman. [18] The .38 Super +P cartridge ballistics have been improved over the years by the use of modern propellants.
The Luger was unpopular, with most troops preferring their .38 Long Colt revolvers, resulting in the Luger being recalled in 1905. [ 22 ] In 1906, the United States evaluated several domestic and foreign-made semi-automatic pistols, including the Colt M1900 , Steyr Mannlicher M1894 , and an entry from Mauser . [ 23 ]
At the same time, authorities in Great Britain, who had decided to adopt the .38 caliber revolver as a replacement for their existing .455 service cartridge, also tested the same 200-grain (13.0 g) bullet in the smaller .38 S&W cartridge. This cartridge was called the .38 S&W Super Police or the 38/200. Britain later adopted the 38/200 as its ...
.38 Special: 6 Italy: 2010-present Collier flintlock revolver: John Evans & Son of London 5-7 United States United Kingdom: 1814 [citation needed] Colombo-Ricci revolver: 10.35mm Ordinanza Italiana 6 Kingdom of Italy: c.1910-? [2] Colt 1851 Navy Revolver: Colt's Manufacturing Company.36 caliber ball.38 rimfire.38 Short Colt: 6 United States ...
The S&W Model 10 revolver was a popular weapon before the semi-automatic pistol replaced the revolver in many police departments, as well as police units and armies. Certain units of Ireland's Gardaí (Irish Police) had replaced the Model 10 with the SIG Sauer P226 and Walther P99C semi-automatic pistols.
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers. These include:
The .38 S&W, also commonly known as .38 S&W Short (referred to as such to differentiate it from .38 Long Colt and .38 Special), 9×20mmR, .38 Colt NP (New Police), or .38/200, is a revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1877. Versions of the cartridge were the standard revolver cartridges of the British military from 1922 to 1963, in ...
9 mm Corto/.380 ACP compact pistol with grip safety 110-G VIII 38 Super large service pistol with grip safety 110 VII 9 mm Largo large service pistol with grip safety 120 XI "Especial" 9 mm Parabellum medium service pistol without grip safety Mugica Perfect Ruby-type pistol in 6.35 mm/.25 ACP and 7.65 mm/.32 ACP