What exactly are these .38 S&W shells

[legendboy]

Can anybody tell me what these are exactly? I bought a box full of misc stuff and there was a box of these.

They are marked Dominion 38 S&W

 

[lister]

Blank or possibly a shotshell. My guess.

 

[fisherking]

shotshell

 

[legendboy]

So these are basically a handgun shell with shot instead of a bullet?

Intresting. Are they worth anything? They are old!

 

[seth]

I can't speak for those shells exactly but I did have an old S&W service revolver chambered in .38 S&W... it seemed back then very hard to get ahold of that caliber.

These would be worth some money to the right guy.

 

[Missing Something]

Blank

Its a BLANK.

.38 S&W shotshells have a wooden "bullet"

 

[Cerdan]

I was gonna say, looks more like a blank than a shotshell to me.

 

[green]

38 S&W blank. Had boxes of them.

 

[B]

I can't speak for those shells exactly but I did have an old S&W service revolver chambered in .38 S&W... it seemed back then very hard to get ahold of that caliber.

These would be worth some money to the right guy.

Most any gunstore should be able to bring in .38 S&W. I used to sell it at CT years ago.

 

[Al-Sway]

These are .38 S&W, which is not the same as .38 S&W Special (the common .38 Special). Due to the very short length of the .38 S&W (compared to the .38 Special or .357 Magnum), it is highly unlikely that these would be shotshell. Blank is most likely.
I have had no problems in buying .38 S&W in the past few years.

 

[Jeff/1911]

Definitely blanks.

 

[le pelican]

It's blank. I have the same but in .32 S&W caliber.