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Re: .38 Super
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2008, 12:18:44 PM »
It's like a .38 ACP only it's Super, in the same way .38 Specials are Special compared to the older .38s.

My dream gun is a double column Para chambered in 9x23 Winchester. It would be equal to an 18-round .357 Magnum, 20 rounds with a small mag extension. One of these days I might have to get a 9x19 and have it rechambered. That would kick a .38 Super's butt and a .45 ACP's too. It has over 580 foot-pounds of muzzle energy. What's not to like ablout 20 rounds of .357 Magnum level performance out of a pistol about the same size as a 6-shot revolver? Until then I'm sticking with 15-round mags in my .45.
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Re: .38 Super
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2008, 02:39:00 AM »
It's like a .38 ACP only it's Super, in the same way .38 Specials are Special compared to the older .38s.

My dream gun is a double column Para chambered in 9x23 Winchester. It would be equal to an 18-round .357 Magnum, 20 rounds with a small mag extension. One of these days I might have to get a 9x19 and have it rechambered. That would kick a .38 Super's butt and a .45 ACP's too. It has over 580 foot-pounds of muzzle energy. What's not to like ablout 20 rounds of .357 Magnum level performance out of a pistol about the same size as a 6-shot revolver? Until then I'm sticking with 15-round mags in my .45.

I often wondered about rechambering an M1 carbine for .357 mag I like the carbine but I'm not impressed by the .30 Carb. round.

 

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