And Starline has 38 S&W brass 500 for $120.50.
The shipping has always been free on my orders from them.
Ed
The shipping has always been free on my orders from them.
Ed
Just won a .38 Regulation Police. No idea about these. Anything special?
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I'll never forget the first RP I purchased was a .32. When I opened the package, I was stunned by it's delicate size. I thought, this could be easily mistaken as a toy. I thought "Police carried this????" I think not. This seems like a purse gun. They are an elegant little revolver, with nothing like it today.
In the era when this was introduced many city street cops carried their revolvers in a coat pocket so as not to alarm the gentle populace...
...Ben
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And to be sure , the bullet diameter is different also. The .38 S&W being .361 vice the .357 of the 38 Special.
I haven't even looked yet. I planned to check the gun out and make sure it was functional before buying loading supplies. Actually, I figured brass for it would be super-hard to find. Maybe not. Thanks for the heads up.
Here's the catalog page from 1937, after the changes previously noted, showing the updated medallion stocks.
Great info! Those stocks look pretty much like what is on my gun. The screw and estecheuons still seem a little weird, but I will know more when I receive the gun. Thanks for the info.
It appears your 38 S&W RP Trigger does not have the patent stamp.
Maybe the hammer only?
The work done on the stocks looks like a very good attempt to salvage the? Original?
A chip in the wood, A Brass nut? I think the lines per inch was Changed early in production. NOT sure.
The few years Ending the 1920s is a gold mine for collectors seeking factory stampings and other improvements.
Font, Finish and Condition to be determined.
For me the history of your Gun is the cartridge.
The 38 "Fatty
NO, never, it won't happen! The upper part of the case will expand, and possibly split, but the case at the base is solid and it will not expand. Save yourself a lot of headaches and BUY some new brass and dies! I fire form a couple wildcat cartridges for a couple guns and when you are fire forming it is done to the upper part of the case, usually around the neck area. The parent brass must have the save case dim. at the rim and lower part of the brass. A prime example is the 30-06 to 25-06, shortened then to 308, & 243.
I appreciate the info. I don't mean to argue with you, but the pressures of .30-06 and .308 would certainly require exacting dimensions. Pressure of .38 S&W, especially when handloaded at low levels, wouldn't be a concern in my opinion. However, if I can get the proper brass (which it appears I can) I will go that route. My comments about cutting down .38 Special were based on the experience of others along with the expectation that the proper brass was scarce.
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