The 38 Super Thread

[FNH5-7]

Who has one? How do you like it? How does it compare to your other firearms? What's your future purchase?

[Arreaux]

Colt S70 1911 Government


Fun to shoot, but the cheapest rounds I found are $27/ 50.....

[FNH5-7]

I guess I was lucky enough to find 3 boxes of hollow points(50 rounds) for 23.00.

[para38super]

I guess I was lucky enough to find 3 boxes of hollow points(50 rounds) for 23.00.

What kinds of hollow points? Silver tips? Thats all I use and they are great. There are normally $40 for a box of 50.

[para38super]

Back to the first question. It is my favorite caliber and my favorite platform (1911). No future purchases since the round is hard to find locally and with the online ammo ban it is not going to be easy to find ammo.

[Khram]

I guess I was lucky enough to find 3 boxes of hollow points(50 rounds) for 23.00.

$23 each or for all? I like the corbon loading because it has a little more power than hot 9mm's many .38super loadings too loaded down.

I have 3x supers. A 1991a1 which seems kind of rare even though the matte finish seems kind of weird with a .38super gun. A standard enhanced series 80 blued. And a Firestorm (Llama) one of the last made it seems Llama went under in 2006.

Used to have the Taurus PT38s. The standard blue an ex friend had the pimp version. DA .38supers or supers not based on the 1911 are uncommon. And I can't think of a single guin chambered in .38super thats not also available in .45acp.

Then Sig Sauer P220 in .38super would be neat. I've nver seen in person the AMT DA backup in .38super either.

My best .38super ammo deal was 1000rds of Armscor for $6 per 50rds plus shipping. It was underpowered though. Shot it all up and gave away some.

Some guy has a .38super fan page thats under construction. I think theres a link from the .38super page on wikipedia.

[FNH5-7]

What kinds of hollow points? Silver tips? Thats all I use and they are great. There are normally $40 for a box of 50.

It was American Eagle stuff. $23 a box. The brass was silver and the tip is bronze looking. Very sexy cartridge lol.


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Khram, the only 38 Supers outside the 1911 platform I know off the top of my head are the Sig in .38 Super and the EAA witness that looks like a CZ.

How does the COLT compare to the LLAMA?

[Khram]

Colt is just better build quality and fit and finish they both seem to work and shoot fine. .38supers I can think of are probably the American Derringer Corp derringers, EAA clones of the CZ75, various 1911 patterns, Sig Sauer P220, AMT DA backup, Taurus Pt38s. Supposedly the Mexican Mendoza SMG came in .38super and I can think of some prototype type guns maybe.

I've never seen the Fed American Eagle loadings come in a .38super jhp, neat. Some weird chamberings have come in American Eagle though including a run in 6.5carcano.

[FNH5-7]

An MP5 38 Super would be overkill.

[melman]

my uncle has a colt .38 super that he used to use when he competed back then, its looks really sweet. i think i was 8 when he let me fire it.

[tipoc]

A 1961 Colt in .38 Super





1951 Commander in .38 Super.





tipoc

[el_hombre70]

Friends wife shooting mine

[Saigon1965]

I've a Colt lightweight commander super - Rarely shoot her since I don't reload at all -

I found an entire Colt 9mm upper for her - Now I shoot her all the time -

[VegasND]

I just picked this up about 3 weeks ago and have only been able to shoot it once. So far I'm liking it. Bargain Pawn is selling Armscor .38 Super for just under $20 / box.

[smle-man]

I got interested in the .38 Super after owning a .38 auto. I now own an RIA .38 super that is presently getting a 9mm barrel fitted to it so I'll be able to switch between the two chamberings. I like the .38 super a lot and I really like it in the RIA. Very accurate pistol!