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Ranch Products 10 Pack of 38 SPECIAL Full Moon Clips 8 Round Rd Shot fits Smith & Wesson S&W 627 + Ultimate Arms Gear Extractor Tool + Dual Double Loader Case Holder Belt Pouch. 38 S&W or (38 COLT NEW POLICE) 125 gr. Hard Cast FN @ 1,000 fps 20 Round Box. After countless customer requests for ammunition that will make the 38 S&W cartridges lethal to humans, Buffalo Bore is delivering. On both guns, the left side of the barrel is stamped 'SMITH & WESSON' the right side of the barrel is stamped 38 S. CTG' In front of the grips on the left side is stamped with S&W logo, and on the right side of the frame under the cylinder is stamped 'MADE IN USA' The serial numbers are stamped on the bottom of the butt, and also. Find.38 Special double-action revolvers from a variety of manufacturers. Choose the lowest price pistol from multiple warehouses.

.38 Smith & Wesson
A box of WWII-dated .380' Revolver Mk IIz cartridges (and separate cartridges)
TypeRevolver
Place of originUnited States
Production history
DesignerSmith & Wesson
Designed1877
ManufacturerSmith & Wesson
Variants.38/200
Specifications
Bullet diameter.361 in (9.2 mm)
Neck diameter.3855 in (9.79 mm)
Base diameter.3865 in (9.82 mm)
Rim diameter.440 in (11.2 mm)
Rim thickness.055 in (1.4 mm)
Case length.775 in (19.7 mm)
Overall length1.240 in (31.5 mm)
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/typeVelocityEnergy
158 gr (10 g) L SWC767 ft/s (234 m/s)206 ft⋅lbf (279 J)
195 gr (13 g) L RN653 ft/s (199 m/s)185 ft⋅lbf (251 J)
200 gr (13 g) LRN620 ft/s (190 m/s)176 ft⋅lbf (239 J)

The .38 S&W (9×20mmR) is a revolvercartridge developed by Smith & Wesson in 1877. Versions of the cartridge were the standard revolver cartridges of the British military from 1922 until the 1960s. Though similar in name, it is not interchangeable with the later .38 Smith & Wesson Special due to a different case shape and slightly larger bullet diameter.[1]

History[edit]

Revolvers chambered for .38 S&W (Colt New Police). Colt Police Positives L&R- Iver Johnson Hammerless Safety Front.
British Enfield No.2 Mk I* DA-only service revolver in .38/200
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The round was first introduced in 1877 for use in the S&W .38 Single Action.[1]

After World War I, the British military sought to replace pre-war revolvers with easier to handle weapons. Webley demonstrated a lighter version of their Mk III revolver with modified .38 S&W ammunition, firing a heavy 200-grain (13 g) bullet. It received favorable reports, and the revolver was accepted in principle.

As Webley had used the .38 S&W cartridge dimensions for their revolver, and the cartridge length was fixed by the size of the cylinder of the revolver (the same as for the wider .455), Kynoch produced a cartridge with the same dimensions as the .38 S&W but with 2.8 grains (0.18 g) of 'Neonite' nitrocellulose powder and a 200 grain (13.0 g) bullet. In tests performed on cadavers and live animals, it was found that the lead bullet, being overly long and heavy for its calibre, become unstable after penetrating the target, somewhat increasing target effect. The relatively low velocity allowed all of the energy of the cartridge to be spent inside the human target, rather than the bullet passing through. This was deemed satisfactory and the design for the cartridge was accepted as the '.38/200 Cartridge, Revolver Mk I'.

After a period of service, it was realized that the 200 gr (13 g) soft lead bullet could arguably contravene the Hague Conventions, which outlawed the use of bullets designed so as to 'expand or flatten easily in the human body'. A new cartridge was therefore adopted as 'Cartridge, Pistol, .380 Mk II' or '.380 Mk IIz', firing a 180 gr (11.7 g) full metal jacket bullet. The .38/200 Mk I loading was retained in service for marksmanship and training purposes. However, after the outbreak of war, supply exigencies and the need to order readily-available and compatible ammunition, such as the .38 S&W Super Police, from U.S. sources forced British authorities to issue both the .38/200 Mk I and MkII/IIz cartridges interchangeably to forces deploying for combat.[2]

The Cartridge S.A. Ball Revolver .380 inch Mark II and Cartridge S.A. Ball Revolver .380 inch Mark IIz cartridge were theoretically phased out of British service in 1963, when the 9×19mm semi-automatic Browning Hi-Power pistol was finally issued to most British and Commonwealth forces.

Variants[edit]

The .38 Colt New Police was Colt's Manufacturing Company's proprietary name for what was essentially the .38 S&W with a flat-nosed bullet.[1]

The U.S. .38 S&W Super Police cartridge was nearly identical to the British .38/200 Mk I, using a 200 gr (13 g) lead alloy bullet with a muzzle velocity of 630 ft/s (190 m/s) and a muzzle energy of 176 ft⋅lbf (239 J), and was supplied by several U.S. manufacturers to the British government as equivalent to the Mk I loading.[1]

MKE's 9.65 mm Normal (9.2×23mmR (.38 Smith & Wesson)) cartridge has a 177 gr (11.5 g) lead-antimony alloy bullet with a gilding-metal full metal jacket and a Boxer-primed brass case. The 'normal' designation differentiates it from their 9.65mm Special (9.1×29mmR (.38 Special)) round. It uses the 9.65 mm (.38-caliber) nominal bore rather than its 9.2 mm (.361-caliber) actual bore. It has a muzzle velocity of 590 ft/s (180 m/s).

Current status[edit]

The .380 Mk IIz is still produced by the Ordnance Factory Board in India, for use in revolvers.[3] Commercially, only Ruger makes limited runs of revolvers in this caliber for overseas sales, and only a few companies still manufacture ammunition.[1] The majority that do offer it in only a 145 gr (9.4 g) lead round nose bullet, though Fiocchi still markets FMJ rounds. Some companies such as Buffalo Bore manufacture self-defense or hunting variants.[4]

See also[edit]

  • Colt Official Police Revolver
  • Colt Police Positive Revolver
  • Enfield No. 2 revolver

S&w 38 Special Ctg Revolver

References[edit]

38 S&w Ctg Serial Number

  1. ^ abcdeBarnes, Frank C. (5 October 2012). Cartridges of the World: A Complete Illustrated Reference for More Than 1,500 Cartridges. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. p. 349. ISBN978-1-4402-3059-2.
  2. ^Shore, C. (Capt), With British Snipers to the Reich, Paladin Press (1988), pp. 201, 224–225
  3. ^'Ordnance Factory Board'.
  4. ^Buffalo Bore 38 S&W (New Colt Police ) - 125 gr. Hard Cast FN 1,000 fps Retrieved 16-Aug-2013
  • Robert J. Maze (2002-03-01). Howdad to High Power, a Century of British Breechloading Service Pistols. ISBN978-1-880677-17-9.
  • Clifford Shore (May 2011). With British Snipers to the Reich. Literary Licensing, LLC. ISBN978-1-258-00891-8.
  • Mark Stamps; Ian D. Skennerton (1993-01-01). 380 Enfield No. 2 Revolver. ISBN978-1-85367-139-5.

External links[edit]

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