The .38 Super pistol cartridge is the child of the famous firearms company Colt. It fires the same .355 inch diameter bullet as the 9 mm Luger. A Browning 9 millimeter semiautomatic pistol Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century A pistol or handgun is a usually small firearm that can be used with one hand. ... Rimmed, centerfire . ... A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ... Rampant Colt - The original logo of Colts Firearms Colts Manufacturing Company was founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1847 by Samuel Colt in order to produce revolvers, which Colt held the patent on, during the Mexican-American War. ... .357 Magnum cartridges, containing bullets. ... Ball and hollowpoint 9mm Luger rounds The 9 mm Luger pistol cartridge (9 x 19 mm Parabellum, 9 x 19 mm NATO) was designed by firearms designer Georg Luger. ...

Design

The .38 Super is based upon the older .38 Auto (.38 ACP), the case being dimensionally identical but loaded to higher pressures. It was intended that the cartridge would headspace on its semi-rim but in this mode it soon gained a reputation for inaccuracy—whether this was due to the pistols or the cartridge is now moot—all new .38 Super pistols headspace on the case mouth. In firearms terms, headspace refers to the distance between the bolt face and chamber necessary for reliable functioning of the weapon, or as a verb, the mechanism by which the correct positioning is achieved. ...

The cartridge was designed for use in a modified 1911 pistol, and was capable of piercing the bulletproof vests and automobile bodies of the time.^[1] The .357 Magnum from Smith & Wesson came to be for the same reasons in that period. The M1911 is a single action, semi-automatic handgun, chambered for the . ... Bullet resistant vest (in tan) A bullet-resistant vest (body armor) - is an article of protective clothing that works as a form of armour to minimize injury from projectiles fired from handguns, shotguns and rifles . ... The . ... A Modern Smith & Wesson Revolver (Model 629) Smith & Wesson (AMEX:SWB), the largest manufacturer of handguns in the United States, has its corporate headquarters in Springfield, Massachusetts. ...

Semi-rimmed case can cause some feeding trouble in magazine, this problem has been solved in later rimless variants of .38 Super like .38 Supercomp or .38 Super Lapua.

Performance

An IPSC shooter using a modified .38 super pistol with compensator and red dot sight

The .38 Super offers higher bullet velocities than the 9mm Luger, and it is better suited for hot-rodding as it has a longer casing which allows for larger powder charges. ball and hollowpoint 9mm Luger rounds are popular handgun ammunition. ...

The .38 Super has made a huge comeback in IPSC sports shooting, particularly when equipped with a compensator, because it meets the minimum power level to be considered as a Major charge, while having more manageable recoil than .45 ACP. Some special forces use hot-rod .38 Super cartridges because they are very capable at defeating body armor, armor on armored cars and armored glass at short ranges ^{[citation needed]}. This is only possible with special high quality match barrels that can withstand these powerful loads, in combination with steel core bullets. IPSC can mean: International Practical Shooting Confederation Inhibitory Post-Synaptic Current, in neurobiology iPSC, any of several high-performance computers manufactured by Intel This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The muzzle brake of an AMX 10 RC. Muzzle brake of the Sig 550 rifle The S&W Model 500 is among the rare handguns to feature a muzzle brake. ... The . ... Special forces or special operations forces are military units which are formed and trained to conduct missions involving unconventional warfare, counter-terrorism, reconnaissance, direct action and foreign internal defense. ... ... // Military armored cars A French VBL reconnaissance vehicle. ...

Muzzle velocity

• 7.5 g (115 Gr) Full Metal Jacket: 425 m/s : 1395 ft/s
• 8.0 g (124 Gr) Full Metal Jacket: 410 m/s : 1346 ft/s

Notes

Due to Mexican laws which have restricted the civilian use or possession of ammunition classified as "military caliber," such as 9mm, this is a popular round in Mexico, and to some extent in the adjacent U.S. states. For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ...

Synonyms

• .38 Super Auto
• .38 Super ACP

References

1. ^ Ayoob, Massad, ".38 Super", Guns Magazine, 2001-03. URL accessed on 2006-04-01.

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