I have an old cartridge which I am wondering if it is an original 38/44 "armor-piercing" round. It has a headstamp of "Super-X 38 Special. The bullet is copper jacketed and is a pointed conical shape. It is a factory round, not a reload. Any ideas? Thanks, Ron

It could be. Western did list a Super-X .38 Special round with a 150 grain "metal-piercing" (not armor piercing) bullet. It had a distinctive conical nose with a MV given as 1100 ft/sec. This bullet had a thick jacket over the conical area with a lead core. It did not have an internal steel penetrator or anything of that nature. The factory symbol was "38S5P." Remington offered its "Hi-Way Master" loading for the same purpose, penetration of automobile bodies, but it used a lighter-weight zinc alloy bullet at a higher velocity.

The Super-X metal piercing bullet loads also included .357 Magnum and .45 ACP cartridges. The claim was that they would penetrate an auto body at an incident angle down to 20 degrees.

DWalt, Thank you for your very informative response. Regards, Ron