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The .38 Super, also known as .38 Super Auto, .38 Super Automatic, .38 Super Automatic +P (High Pressure Variant), .38 Super +P (High Pressure Variant), or 9×23mmSR, [2] is a pistol cartridge that fires a 0.356-inch-diameter (9.04 mm) bullet. It was introduced in the late 1920s as a higher pressure loading of the .38 ACP, also known as .38 Auto.
In comparison to the popular 9×19mm Parabellum, Winchester had lengthened the overall case by 4 mm and made it much stronger. They named it the 9×23mm Winchester. In comparison to the long-established .38 Super Auto, also a 9×23mm, the new cartridge was rimless rather than semi-rimmed. Drawing of 9×23 Winchester cartridge.
The .357 SIG (designated as the 357 Sig by the SAAMI [2] and 357 SIG by the C.I.P. [1] or 9×22 mm in official metric notation) is a bottlenecked rimless centerfire handgun cartridge developed by the Swiss-German firearms manufacturer SIG Sauer, in cooperation with ammunition manufacturer Federal Premium.
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers.
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
.38 Super 10 mm Auto.45 ACP Switzerland: 1975 SIG P226: SIG Sauer: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.357 SIG West Germany Switzerland: 1983 SIG P227: SIG Sauer.45 ACP United States: 2012 SIG P228: SIG Sauer: 9×19mm Parabellum Germany: 1989 SIG P229: SIG Sauer: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.357 SIG Germany: 1992 SIG P230: SIG Sauer.32 ACP.380 ACP 9x18mm ...
Colt had similarly introduced the .38 Super, simply a .38 ACP loaded to higher pressure with more powder. In 1935, Smith & Wesson released the Registered Magnum (later referred to as the Smith & Wesson Model 27) which was the first revolver chambered for .357 Magnum. It was designed as a more powerful handgun for law enforcement officers.
SIG Sauer P220: SIG Sauer: 7.65×21mm Parabellum 9×19mm Parabellum 9mm Steyr.38 Super 10mm Auto.22 Long Rifle.45 ACP Switzerland: 1975 SIG Sauer P227: SIG Sauer.45 ACP Switzerland: 2013 SIG Sauer P250: SIG Sauer: 9×19mm Parabellum.22 LR.357 SIG.380 ACP.40 S&W.45 ACP United States: 2007 SIG Sauer P320: SIG Sauer: 9×19mm Parabellum 10mm Auto ...