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Old 08-16-2011, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by mbnatt View Post
Jimmy, I think the 38 Colt is just a short 38 special, and the 38 S&W is a larger non interchangeable case, I may be wrong but this is what I have always seen?
One modification to Lobo's excellent post, the .38 Special was first chambered in the .38 Military & Police in 1899, the model without the forward locking point for the extractor rod. The US military had about 3000 .38 1899s and 1902s (with the forward lock) in service.
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