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  2. .38 Special - Wikipedia

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    Tracer cartridges in .38 Special caliber of different colors were issued, generally as part of a standard aircrew survival vest kit. A request for more powerful .38 Special ammunition for use by Air Police and security personnel resulted in the Caliber 38 Special, Ball, PGU-12/B High Velocity cartridge. [19]

  3. Smith & Wesson .38/44 - Wikipedia

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    The media attention gathered by the .38/44 and its ammunition encouraged Smith & Wesson to develop the longer .357 Magnum cartridge in 1935. The .38/44 was an option for purchasers unwilling to pay the premium pricing of the new .357 Magnum revolvers. The .38/44 revolvers were available with either a blued or nickel-plated finish.

  4. Wadcutter - Wikipedia

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    .38 Special wadcutters loaded cartridges, 148 grains (9.6 g) hollow-base wadcutter bullet and target showing the clean round holes. A wadcutter has a flat or nearly flat front that is typically as wide as the caliber size or only slightly smaller in diameter than caliber size.

  5. List of rifle cartridges - Wikipedia

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    .38 Special.38-40 Winchester.38-55 Winchester.38-56 WCF ... Cartridge and reloading info can be found at Accurate Reloading This page was last edited on 14 ...

  6. .38 Long Colt - Wikipedia

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    The .38 Long Colt's predecessor, the .38 Short Colt, used a heeled bullet of 130 grains (8.4 g) at a nominal 770 ft/s (230 m/s), producing 165 ft⋅lbf (224 J) muzzle energy. The cylindrical "shank" or "bearing surface" of the bullet, just in front of the cartridge case mouth, was .374 or .375 in (9.50 or 9.53 mm) in diameter, the same as the ...

  7. .38 Short Colt - Wikipedia

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    The .38 Short Colt case is the parent to the .38 Long Colt and .38 Special. Remington is one of the few producers of this cartridge today with a 125 gr LRN bullet. Magtech produces this grain weight and Ten-x manufactures a 95 gr load, as well as blanks. This cartridge can be safely fired in revolvers chambered for .38 Special or .357 Magnum. [4]

  8. .38 Super - Wikipedia

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    The .38 Super, also known as .38 Super Auto, .38 Super Automatic, .38 Super Automatic +P (High Pressure Variant), .38 Super +P (High Pressure Variant), or 9×23mmSR, [2] is a pistol cartridge that fires a 0.356-inch-diameter (9.04 mm) bullet. It was introduced in the late 1920s as a higher pressure loading of the .38 ACP, also known as .38 Auto.

  9. Cartridge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The difference in .38 Special bullet diameter and case diameter reflects the thickness of the case mouth (approximately 11/1000-inch per side). The .357 Magnum evolved from the .38 Special. The .357 was named to reflect bullet diameter (in thousandths inch), not case diameter. "Magnum" was used to indicate its longer case and higher operating ...

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