[300rum]

my friend got a 38 s&w and a guy sold him ammo marked as 130 gr. 38 super auto +p
i don't think it will fit but i know nothing about hanguns.
what do you think?

 

[jwp475]

The 38 Super is a rim less cartridge desigbed for a semi automatic pistol and is not interchangable with 38 Special, which is a revolver cartridge, although it has been chambered in a semi auto before. Did your friend get a 38 Special revolver or a 38 S&W revolver or a S&W 38 Super?

 

[300rum]

A 38 s&w revolver

 

[MikeG]

Sounds like a bad mix. The old .38 S&W was a much lower pressure round that the .38 Super. Hopefully they won't chamber, and if they did, hopefully he would not shoot them.....

 

[miestro_jerry]

I use 38 S&W pistols as paper weights, they are very low power compared todays cartridges. Hope the pistol doesn't fire the 38 Supers, your friend may suddenly not have a finger or two.

Jerry

 

[gunpa]

The 38 S&W should have a shorter cylinder than the special. The super and special should be too long to let the cylinder rotate. Otherwise----KABOOM!!!!

 

[Combat Diver]

A .38 Super may chamber as the case is a semi rimmed and not rimless (like the .32 ACP/7.65x17 Browning). I've fired a .38 Super case out of my .357 Mag Contender. Also the bullet will be undersize as the .38 Super uses .355" diameter bullets @ 36,500 PSI and the .38 S&W case generally uses a .360" dia and pressue is 14,500 PSI. However if it chambers do NOT shoot the Super in the old .38S&W.

cd

 

[300rum]

thank's guys i'll warn him not to try them.
and to bring them back to that incompetent clerk