.38 Special Semi-Auto??

truckemup97 · Sep 2, 2009

I'm reading "Midnight", by Dean Koontz. In the book, one guy has "a .38 pistol and a .45 revolver." He gives ammo for the .38 to an FBI agent for his Chief's Special. Yeah, I know it's fiction. Heck, it's about an uber-geek who inject the people of a small California town with microchips, turning them into human computers. I was just wondering if there had ever been a semi-auto pistol that used the .38 Special cartridge?

7shooter · Sep 2, 2009

There was a .357 1911 style semi auto made in Mn a few years ago. I don't know if 38 Specials would work in it. I heard earlier this year that Dan Coonan and others were going to start making the pistol again.

snw19_357 · Sep 2, 2009

Yes, the model 52. Fires flush-seated wadcutters

Forester · Sep 2, 2009

The S&W Model 52

http://www.shootingtimes.com/handgun_reviews/ST_swmodel5238_200906/

SOFMatchstaff · Sep 2, 2009

Yep, several pistols have been in production that handle the 38 spec MID-Range wad cutter, S&W M52 series, Colts NM Gold Cup, and the Coonan 357. The Coonan will handle the full size 38sp as in SWC, and HPs with a spring change Several makers modified the 38 super, Jim Clark ect. I've got em all and lean to the Clark gun and then the M52. The coonan is a real neat shooter, FULL power 357 and then some!!

ImprovedModel56Fan · Sep 2, 2009

If the words in quotes are an exact single quote, they might hint otherwise, but the .38 pistol might have been a revolver. After all, almost all revolvers are pistols.

Andy Griffith · Sep 2, 2009

Forester said:
The S&W Model 52

Smith & Wesson's Model 52 .38 Master

That's a 952- the 9mm version.

Details...details.

truckemup97 · Sep 2, 2009

Andy Griffith said:
That's a 952- the 9mm version.
Details...details.

I was wondering how a .38 SP ejected from that.

Thanks to everyone for the help.

m657 · Sep 2, 2009

The Webley-Fosbery .....so sayeth Wikipedia...

came in 455 AND 38 special

Image courtesy of Adams Guns - Collector Firearms

R. G. Amos · Sep 2, 2009

Dick Cassul, who developed the 454 cassul cartridge, developed and marketed for a time a semi-auto chambered in a very powerful 38 cal cartridege. I believe the cartidge was called, surprisingly, the 38 Cassul. These autos were advertised for some time but I have heard nothing of them for a couple of years.

Andy Griffith · Sep 2, 2009

m657 said:
The Webley-Fosbery .....so sayeth Wikipedia...

came in 455 AND 38 special

Image courtesy of Adams Guns - Collector Firearms

You mean .38 ACP (.38 Automatic), ask one of the guys here that has one, he did a post on shooting it a while back.

Forester · Sep 2, 2009

Oops! That's what I get for using Google image search.

cmort666 · Sep 2, 2009

I've got a .38 Special Giles conversion of a .38 Super Colt M1911. It's frighteningly accurate, but not something I'd want to use for self defense. Of course I wouldn't shoot my 3" Model 65 in a bullseye 2700 match either.

Andy Griffith · Sep 2, 2009

Forester said:
Oops! That's what I get for using Google image search.

Gotta get off of the kool-aid.

How about a glass of Dickel instead with me if you're ever down this way?

m657 · Sep 2, 2009

"You mean .38 ACP (.38 Automatic), "

oops....yes.....of course....I did have a computer glitch just then...and then left for the afternoon....

I'd love to read the report.

Super38 · Sep 2, 2009

Well, The Desert Eagle was chambered in .357. No reason it wouldn't shoot .38 Special. Right?

Forester · Sep 2, 2009

Andy Griffith said:
Gotta get off of the kool-aid.

How about a glass of Dickel instead with me if you're ever down this way?

It would be my honor, Andy.

jsunsr · Sep 2, 2009

38 sp auto

The S&W model 52 was a target gun, like others have said, that shot wad cutters only. It was a very accurate gun and popular among bullseye shooters.

9146gt · Sep 3, 2009

Two shooters here in Charlotte shoot Colt 1911 in .38 special in our weekly league.Both said there were ex bullseye guns.

Tom

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