Stopped by Cabelas to kill some time

[Qc Pistolero]

At one point in the early 20th century it looked like almost every country in Europe had its own 6.5!

 

[Sikiguya]

I have bought boxes of .357 Sig off local forum from people thinking they were magnums...works for me!


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[hkcavalier]

I had a case years ago where a "fine young man" tried to hold-up a gas station. He had an old Colt Model 1892 New Army & Navy revolver made in the 1890s. There was enough rim that he loaded the revolver with .38 Super+P cartridges in the revolver that was designed for black powder pressures. The amazing thing is that the cylinder held the pressure, but the barrel split. The young man, known as Q Dog, died with a sawed-off shotgun in one hand and the Colt revolver in the other hand. Such is life.

There was a similar story about a young fella loading .380ACP into a .38 Special revolver. He pulled said wheelgun on a police officer, pulled the trigger, but the cartridge had naturally slid too far into the charge hole for the hammer to make contact. The police officer sent him to his eternal reward a second later.

 

[H Richard]

I was out at my shooting range one day, and the range owner was finishing up a box of 38 S&W in a Mod 15. Kind of grumbled when a round didn't fit in the chamber. Commented that's 4 rounds out of this box that won't fit in the chamber. I looked and it was 38 S&W and double checked his gun and it was a Mod 15 and barrels marked 38 S&W Special. I mentioned I was surprised only that many did as the 38 S&W are .360 instead of .357 for the 38 Specials. He looked at me in surprise and said You're kidding me! I never knew that.

This man did custom reloading for quite a number of people, and had been for over 25 years.

 

[nbedford]

Hatcher's Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers, pub 1935, is my go to manual on old pistol cartridges. 38 S&W = diameter of case = .383", diameter of cartridge head = .433"; 38 Special = diameter of case = .377", diameter of cartridge head = .433". I have loaded some 38 S&W for a friend after I got a die set in. I do recall the shell holder was same as 38 Special, but that was where the similarity ended.