.38 Auto use in .38 Special

[JamesDriskell]

38 ACP Super Revolver

The item in question is marked as ACP, 38 Special. It will accept 38 Super auto rounds, and will eject shells 100 out of 100 times, easily. It has been fired, with no issue, and literally, no recoil. This is a revolver with 6 chambers. Is this considered an assault weapon by any means? It will not fire multiple projectiles by holding the trigger. Single and double action. What I'm wondering, is it really going 1100 Fps?

 

[rosewood]

The item in question is marked as ACP, 38 Special. It will accept 38 Super auto rounds, and will eject shells 100 out of 100 times, easily. It has been fired, with no issue, and literally, no recoil. This is a revolver with 6 chambers. Is this considered an assault weapon by any means? It will not fire multiple projectiles by holding the trigger. Single and double action. What I'm wondering, is it really going 1100 Fps?

From a revolver, it isn't going to get the velocity it gets from a 1911 style auto. You lose lots of pressure thru the cylinder gap. You would need to chronograph it to find out what it is actually running at.

Rosewood

 

[Pisgah]

As regional director of The Darwin Award Committee I would applaud your bold curiosity and urge you to go right ahead with your groundbreaking experiment. Not that we are ever in a shortage of candidates, but we could always use more ...

 

[tjpopkin]

I accidently purchased some rounds by mistake. They are described as '38 Auto (Not Super) 130 gr FMJ ammo. Loaded on 38 Super brass to 38 Auto pressures'. Can this round be used in my .38 Special? Thanks.

Why bother, .38 Special ammo is really inexpensive and available everywhere. You can sell your ammo to owners of Colt 1903 pistols. .38 Auto is tough to find.

 

[sigp220.45]

A buddy of mine was helping close down a rural FBI Resident Agency and found a 1000 round case of .38 Super ammo. He called the Principal Firearms Instructor who said: We haven’t ordered that stuff in 40 years. Shoot it if you want, just don’t sell it.

I would have taken it as a divine sign to buy a nice .38 Super. He tried it in a heavy barrel Model 10 and liked how it shot. He was about halfway through the case with no issues when I left.

 

[DWalt]

My experience has been mainly in firing factory .38 S loads in .38 Ruger and Colt revolvers. They feel somewhat mild to me, but I have not chronographed them. As I earlier noted, some brands will chamber in some revolvers. And some won’t. Really the same idea as firing .32 ACP in a .32 Long-chambered revolver. I have done that also. It works if you need to do it, but it’s not ideal.

 

[2152hq]

When CAI was selling White Box NORMA 9mm Browning Long ammo for
$5/box of 50 by the case w/shipping included, I used to buy that stuff and shoot it in 38S&W. Probably would have fit in 38spl but never tried it.
Never any problems.

The case is a slightly shortened 38ACP but I don't know what the pressure is. Enough to allow a blowback semiauto as it was used in the 1903 FN / 07 Swede pistol.

One box left.

The 38ACP in a 38spcl thing... IMO This particular conversation is over with as soon as the 38ACP ammo is mentioned as being Reloaded Ammo.
Just don't trust other peoples reloads.

 

[stiab]

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As a stickler for correct terminology, I'd like to point out that it isn't .38ACP, or Super .38ACP. It's simply .38 Automatic or .38 Super Automatic.

On many of the early and current boxes it's just 38 with no "."