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and age. Unless I am badly mistaken, one
of the very last .38 S&Ws to be made in
this country was the Iver Johnson Cadet,
which was phased out of production in the
mid-1970s. This, of course, excludes the
Ruger Service-Sixes, since these were not
available in the United States.
Now, let's examine the .38 S&W
cartridge itself. The case is .775 overall,
with a rim diameter of.440. At the base it is
.386 compared to .379 for the .38 special.
Because of its larger base diameter, a .38
S&W simply will not fit in an unaltered .38
Special.
Th ese figures are very close to the
dimensions ofa 9mm Luger. The latter has
an overall length of.754 and a base diameter
of .392. So, the .38 S&W actually has a
slightly larger case capacity than the 9mm!
It is thus the strength of the cases, and of
the guns in which they are fired, that place
severe limitations on the power of the .38
S&W.
At some time (I can't determine exactly
when), U.S..38 S&Ws seemed to have
been changed from a bore diameter of
.359" to .357", or at least my Terrier is so
barreled. At any rate, all .38 S&Ws can be
effectively reloaded with standard .357
bullets.
With that out of the way, let's talk about
handloading the .38 S&W.
In my estimation, the old hull does its
best work with comparatively light bullets,
in spite of the British experience with
heavy slugs during WWII. The loads listed
here should be used only in modern, wellmade
revolvers. Specifically, I would limit
their use to the following guns: Colt Police
Positive, Colt Bankers Special, Colt Single­
Action Army, Colt Detective Special,
S&W Military & Police, S&W Victory,
S&W Regulation Police, S&W Terrier,
Ruger Service-Six (if you can find one),
and Webley & Scott.
Since I don't currently own a four-inch
.38 S&W, I borrowed a Colt Police Positive,
so chambered, from a collector-friend.
This particular revolver is in excellent condition,
and I really hated to return it after I
had finished shooting it.
Once again, these loads should not be
used in old, break-top revolvers, or any revolver
that is in less than good condition. If
there is any doubt whatsoever, have your
INFO 'QUICKIE'
The 2.7mm Kolibri, manufactured
by Grabner, an Austrian, just before
World War I, had a six-shot magazine
and fired its.1O caliber bullets through a
smooth bore (no one made rifling cut-
I· ters that small).
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74 AMERICAN HAJ;-JDGUNNER . JANUARYIFEBRUARY 1983