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  2. .38 Special - Wikipedia

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    In response to continued complaints over ineffectiveness of the standard .38 Special 158-grain cartridge in stopping assailants in numerous armed confrontations during the 1950s and 1960s, ammunition manufacturers began to experiment with higher-pressure (18,500 CUP) loadings of the .38 Special cartridge, known as 38 Special +P (+P or +P+ ...

  3. List of handgun cartridges - Wikipedia

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    Case length Cartridge length Type Source in mm in ... Starline cartridge dimensions .38 S&W ... .22 Long Rifle, .380 ACP, 9mm Luger, .38 Special, .357 Magnum ...

  4. .38 S&W - Wikipedia

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    The .38 S&W, also commonly known as .38 S&W Short (referred to as such to differentiate it from .38 Long Colt and .38 Special), 9×20mmR, .38 Colt NP (New Police), or .38/200, is a revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1877. Versions of the cartridge were the standard revolver cartridges of the British military from 1922 to 1963, in ...

  5. Smith & Wesson Model 15 - Wikipedia

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    The Smith & Wesson Model 15, initially the Smith & Wesson K-38 Combat Masterpiece, is a six-shot double-action revolver with adjustable open sights produced by Smith & Wesson on the medium-size "K" frame. It is chambered for the .38 Special cartridge and is fitted with a 4-inch (100 mm) barrel, though additional barrel options have been offered ...

  6. Caliber - Wikipedia

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    Metric diameters for small arms refer to cartridge dimensions and are expressed with an "×" between the bore diameter and the length of the cartridge case; for example, the 6.5×55mm Swedish cartridge has a bore diameter of 6.5 mm and a case length of 55 mm. [2]

  7. Smith & Wesson Model 10 - Wikipedia

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    That same year, in response to reports from military sources serving in the Philippines on the relative ineffectiveness of the new cartridge, Smith & Wesson began offering the Military & Police in a new chambering, .38 S&W Special (a.k.a. .38 Special), a slightly elongated version of the .38 Long Colt cartridge with greater bullet weight (158 ...

  8. .38 caliber - Wikipedia

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    The .38 is a large firearm cartridge (anything larger than .32 is considered a large caliber). [1]: 42 Before 1990, the standard sidearms of police in the United States were revolvers that fired the .38 Special cartridge, seconded by revolvers firing the .357 Magnum, a lengthened version of the .38 Special. [1]: 68

  9. Smith & Wesson .38/44 - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] The following year, Smith & Wesson began production of the .38/44 Outdoorsman with a 6.5-inch (17 cm) barrel and adjustable sights. [ 1 ] These new revolvers were chambered for a new more powerful type of .38 Special ammunition capable of firing a 158-grain (10.2 g) metal-penetrating copper -tipped lead -alloy bullet at 1,125 feet (343 ...