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Originally Posted by Absalom
AND one more reminder:
This is largely a theoretical exercise. No reason to get worked up. Why would anyone WANT to shoot .38 S&W out of a .38 Special in the first place?
These days, .38 S&W is harder to find, and it’s more expensive, with lower performance. Plus the residue issue. Nothing to be gained 
Remember that many re-imported BSR’s were reamed out to take .38 Special after the war. |
Friend of mine has one of those re-chambered Victory revolvers, brought it to me, knowing I'd buy almost any old S&W, even his "bad shooter." He showed me the fired 38 Special brass and it did indeed have kind of a reverse bottleneck, in that the base was strong enough to not expand, but the neck was not.
Anyway, long story short, we bought Lee dies, proper brass and bullets and it now shoots fairly decently, thank you. And when we recreated the old Brit 38-200 load, which, great fun, is why one would want to shoot the 38 S&W.