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Old 04-16-2018, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by glowe View Post
Actually, black powder 38 S&W is available now for cowboy action shooters.

38 S&W Black Powder Ammo .358" 150 Grain RN Hollow Base Bullet (THIS IS NOT 38 SPECIAL) Box of 50 - Buffalo Arms

That is the problem with countries having laws permitting ownership of revolvers that have no source for ammunition today.. The UK has such laws and as they are reviewed, more and more "legal" arms will become illegal to own. I have sold quite a few Model 3 revolvers to the UK under their obsolete ammo laws, but today almost every caliber has a commercial manufactured source, so what does that mean down the road??
Hi Gary; it's going to depend on how Laws are worded and how they are interpreted in each Jurisdiction. For example; it was brought up in Court here that places like Buffalo Arms are making limited quantities of BP Ammo for Antique guns very recently. The argument was shot down in flames because Buffalo Arms are not going to post Live Ammo to the UK, Aus, or anywhere else outside Mainland US, so effectively the Cartridge is unavailable outside the US. Here, even if someone in our State of Queensland has a stock of say NP .38 S&W on the shelf; it cant be transported here except by an Explosives Carrier and the cost would be horrendous. So effectively its unavailable in my Jurisdiction.
Our only Importer is Winchester and they do not bring in any Cartridge unless they have an Order of !0,000 Rounds or more.
So here; if you want to shoot .38 S&W, you buy the separate components and load your own. Same goes for .450 and .455 Webley, and many others. We tend to only use BP in BP Guns here, so we are big on Reloading and therefore there is no demand for the 'Re-made' Obsolete Cartridges.
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