Thread: When exactlry did the .38 S&W Special begin?
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Old 01-20-2011, 08:54 AM
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Default When exactlry did the .38 S&W Special begin?
I always thought it was 1899, and, initially, a Black Powder Cartridge, though soon changed to Smokeless.

Others insist it did not debut untill 1902, and, that it was Smokeless from the beginning.

Just when did the .38 S&W Special Cartridge make it's debut?

And, did it begin as a Black Powder Cartridge, or?
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