Correct me if I am wrong but it seems that the .38 Super and the .357 Sig are very similar.
It's a big USPSA round due to a rules twitch on scoring.I looked into the specs on this round and it seemed interesting. I have read reviews that vary widely about this round. Anyone here have direct experience with it that can give some accurate observations about it? Is is great, all hype, or ?
May or mayn't be true but this version gets told every time this topic arises.Somewhere I read the 38 Super was originally designed to “shoot through car bodies”.
During the 1920’s and early 30’s it was the age of the infamous “motor bandits” aka Bonnie&Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, etc.
The old .45acp just didn’t the horsepower to punch thru the metal body of the automobiles these robbers used.
So a new cartridge was developed to do so.
This gave LEO’s a round capable of penetrating thru the sheet metal and the baddies.
Is this a true story? I don’t know. It sure sounds good though. LoL.
The 38 Super started life as the old .38 automatic/rimless/smokeless cartridge in 1902 as a step up from the 9mm of the day. It was an okay round tried out by our military for the Colt Model 1902 pistol. It remained in use until the late 1920's when the .38 Super was marketed in 1929. Bot cartridges are IDENTICAL and do not shoot .38 Super in a .38 acp chambered gun. Exact same bullet and design but that is where similarity ends. You can shoot the old .38 acp in a Super but it it a wimp in comparison to the Super. Have fun and be safe! JohnI looked into the specs on this round and it seemed interesting. I have read reviews that vary widely about this round. Anyone here have direct experience with it that can give some accurate observations about it? Is is great, all hype, or ?