38 S&W Ammunition
- Thread starter MarkFenn
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- On a resonably direct route in NS
One store I know has some .38S&W in stock right now (well several days ago) is Elwood Epps, banner above. Not listed on the site, so you have to contact them or drop in. Of course, it'll sell out now that I've told everyone.
Probably other stores have it in stock, but don't include it in their on-line inventory, so calling around should stir up some. There's one near me that has some, but that's my secret. The only .38 Smith I've seen for a while is Winchester in a silver box
There's always old cartridges of it at gun shows, as it was a very common revolver round a long time ago, as well as used in a variety of service revolvers. Many of the older guns, like the Enfields chambered in it, were meant to fire a heavy 200 grain bullet. The new stuff uses like 140gr, so the point of impact is quite different from the sights. Finding a bullet casting mold in that very heavy weight and the correct diameter is also very tough, so the only ammo that has the proper projectiles is on the gun show tables.
Not likely to see much new production of funny old calibres right now; they are going full steam on 9mm and .223, and won't be switching the tooling to pump out any of this for a while.
Probably other stores have it in stock, but don't include it in their on-line inventory, so calling around should stir up some. There's one near me that has some, but that's my secret. The only .38 Smith I've seen for a while is Winchester in a silver box
There's always old cartridges of it at gun shows, as it was a very common revolver round a long time ago, as well as used in a variety of service revolvers. Many of the older guns, like the Enfields chambered in it, were meant to fire a heavy 200 grain bullet. The new stuff uses like 140gr, so the point of impact is quite different from the sights. Finding a bullet casting mold in that very heavy weight and the correct diameter is also very tough, so the only ammo that has the proper projectiles is on the gun show tables.
Not likely to see much new production of funny old calibres right now; they are going full steam on 9mm and .223, and won't be switching the tooling to pump out any of this for a while.
Cocked&Locked
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- S. Ontario
Shooter's Choice in kitchener waterloo had some, call to see if there's any still on the shelf...i don't think i bought it all 
"...manufactures still make..." All of 'em. Mind you, 'shells' they ain't. .38 S&W is fairly common.
"...meant to fire..." It wasn't. The Brits were trying to make the 'pop gun' S&W cartridge hit harder without spending any money.
"...meant to fire..." It wasn't. The Brits were trying to make the 'pop gun' S&W cartridge hit harder without spending any money.
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- On a resonably direct route in NS
I don't know how you can say the Enfield No.2 and Webley Mk.IV revolvers weren't ‘meant to fire’ 200gr bullets. Sure it was an effort at goosing S&W's originally less-impressive loading, but the British did find it good enough to replace the .455 in their side-arms. There's a lot of these surplus Commonwealth service revolvers out there using the so-called .38/200 loading, and unless you have the sight adapter piece, they won't hit where pointed.
sarengetti kid
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- southern interior British Columbia
have you tried tradeex for 38s&w or Canada ammo? I think they might have ppu ammo.
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