38 SUPER

[climber409]

Thinking about a colt 38 super. If you have or do own one I'd like your opinion on it and why it over another caliper. This would be a range gun.Thanks

 

[NIFT]

Rather unusual caliber, now, and the ammo is a bit scarce and expensive.
However, if you are able to get Dillinger's .38 super.....!

 

[gunman41mag]

I have a CASPIAN 38 SUPER, but only shot it with the 9MM barrel, Ammo is $15.99 per box of 50 rounds

 

[singlestacksig]

it is a great caliber, if you reload or have a very fat wallet..
more energy than 9mm luger...

 

[45lcrevolver]

For me a 38 super is an ok round. I'd go for the 45 but I have never shot a 38 super. Just going by the ballistics chart.

 

[Fullmag]

Thinking Starline sells the brass. Many mfg for them but never seen one.

 

[illmaniac123]

38 super is a good round if you like to do speed shooting. It has a lot of power behind it but it kicks far less than a 45. You can shoot about 5 rounds in the time it takes to shoot 3 well placed 45s. 38 super rounds are easy to come by for target. I dont know about PP rounds though.

 

[Harley46982]

If you get one consider a barrel in 9x23 winchester. Factory 124 grain rounds at 1400 fps duplicate the famous 357 manstopper load with pretty light recoil. One of my favorite rounds!

 

[halfmileharry]

The 38 Super is a "Super" round. Don't worry about the charts on it. IT WILL DO THE JOB. Ideal round in a 1911 IF anyone really cares.
Shop around for ammo. I think I paid $19 a box for the last I bought local.

 

[Disposable Heart]

Flat shooter, lots of potential in defensive circles. Gonna find alot more followers in competition and in foreign countries that disallow military calibers. Swaps to 9mm usually only require a barrel and mag swap so you can shoot cheap junk then switch to .38 Super for carry/fun/penetrate 1920s body armor and car bodies...

As for "rare" ammo naysayers, then how are so many competition guns firing this stuff? As halfmileharry said, shop around, get a decent deal online and buy it deep. Better yet, get a die set and have TONS of fun!

 

[451_Detonics]

Excellent round, great for both target and defense. With CorBon 125 DPX you are looking at 1350fps in a round that will penetrate a car door and still penetrate 14 inches and expand. It is also very flat shooting...only a 4.2 inch drop at 100 yards with a 25 yard zero. Low recoil is another benefit. I have been shooting the 38 Super for about 25 years now and have yet to have a case of rimlock in the magazine btw.

My next handgun build in the works will be a STI 2011 widebody frame with a Commander upper in 38 Super for carry.

 

[Phil502]

under $18.00 here

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[climber409]

Sounds like I might have to look a little closer at them.Thanks

 

[JB75]

I bought rock island arms 38 super 3 weeks ago. After some feeding problems it semms to take glasser power ball ammo at 1554 fps. nicely. I'm am new to 38 super ownership but so far I like it.

 

[clt46910]

I love the .38 super, owned a number of them a few years back. They are a lot more common in the southwest so ammo is easier to get there. Only reason I do not have one now is that I changed my guns to match only a few calibers. I found the .45acp is more common and easier to find. If I lived in the southwest or South American countries again it would be the .38 super.