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Up for sale are newly made replicas of WWII Remington .38 Special 158 Grain Ball with Steel Jacket and Tracer 2-piece cartons. These are exact copies of the originals, but are discretely marked with my company name. Each carton will hold 50 - .38 SPL cartridges, just like the originals. Price is...

.38 SPECIAL TRACER *** REMINGTON MFG. MILITARY ISSUE *** $89.00 WITH FREE SHIPPING!!!! CREDIT CARD SAME AS CASH!!!! – eSellersUSA kwill1911, the above link is for a website that has one box of the 120gr tracer ammo still for sale. It's the same place where I got mine. Good luck.

The .38 SPL tracer was indeed developed at the Navy's request for signaling purposes. Remington produced test lots of 120gr and 158gr tracer rounds in mid-1943, but later mass production was of the 158gr version due to better performance. Production of the tracer rounds was terminated in...

The .38 SPL tracer round was developed by Remington in early 1943 for the U.S. Navy as a signal round. Two bullet weights were developed, 120 gr. and 158 gr., with test lots made of both. After testing, the latter was accepted for future production as it provided better performance. Like the...

The .38 Special Ball cartridges with jacketed bullets were developed under contract in early 1943 by the Remington Arms Company. Standard unjacketed lead bullets could not be used in the combat theaters, making the jacketed rounds necessary since the U.S. Navy had adopted the .38 Special...

I appreciate the welcome, and the information. I removed the grips to check the s/n, and it matches the rest of the numbers. I also noticed that the finish under the grips is the same color as the rest of the gun, but feels a little rougher to the touch.

After much research on the handguns of WW2, I decided to add a S&W .38 SPL Victory revolver to my collection. I then narrowed down my search to a Navy contract gun when I was reminded by my Dad that he had an uncle in Naval aviation during the war. My search ended with this Victory revolver. I...