.380cf antique status

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I know that .380cf isn't on the no-go antique status list, but I remember reading on here somwhere that there were calibres that the verifiers were calling close enough to something on the list and therefore no go. Is .380cf all clear, or too close to one of the no go .38s listed?
 
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Best thing is to check with the CFC techs. What they are doing now is finding something on the no list that its close to and saying its "also known as". Thats how they are pulling more calibers out of our hands.

I called for a letter on a Merwin hulbert (38M&H cal) and they said it was on their list as "also known as" a 38S&W and therefor restricted. They might be doing this wil some of the british 380 cal stuff as well...better check it out.
 
380 calibres have a heeled bullet, so not even close to the 38 calibres.
The easiest thing to check is the step in the cylinder chamber - if it's not there than you are antique based on year of manufacture, if it's there than you need to do further checking.
 
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380 calibres have a heeled bullet, so not even close to the 38 calibres.
The easiest thing to check is the step in the cylinder chamber - if it's not there than you are antique based on year of manufacture, if it's there than you need to do further checking.
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If its a true 380 with the heeled bullet then you're right. As far as my books tell me only the british rounds were a true heeled 380 and larger than the 38 colt S&W ect...
 
well wouldn't that make the .320 cartridge which was based on the Short Colt .32, but which has a different sized rim. a non antique then? there are a lot of .320s around.
 
Do you have the drawings for 320 and 32? If they are identical, i.e. can be called 'also known as' then 320 is prohib, but if they have different dimensions, than 320 is not mentioned, thus antique. If anything has to be machined on the case to chamber or the bullet diameter is different, than it's a different cartridge.
 
Ha-ha! You could fire 38 short colts out of a 380 long revolver too, but it does not make a 380 revolver restricted. It's what the law says: designed or adapted. If it was about possibility of firing, we'd been in a world of trouble with the antique guns.

Did you know you could fire 9mil Makarov out of 7.62 Tokarev? That does not make a T33 a Makarov!
 
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