Thread: When exactlry did the .38 S&W Special begin?
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Old 01-20-2011, 12:25 PM
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Black powder was only loaded for about 1 year, then switched to smokeless. There was very little velocity difference in the change. This 1899 1st model is marked for 38 Special. It was shipped Jan. 1901.
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