Anyone else becoming enamored with .38 Super

That's the article I was referring to.
What's not to like about a 100% American cartridge that makes the punybellum pale in comparison.:D
 
Nope.
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Me neither.

If I really want to shoot a cartridge that resembles a .355-cal/9mm with a huge amount of testicular fortitude, I'll first grab my Glock 20.

Then I'll remove the stock 10mm barrel and drop in an aftermarket barrel in 9x25 Dillon. Load up 15+1 rounds of screamin' 9x25 awesomeness, and head to the range.

I'll get better ballistics than the .38S out of a gun I already own. No need to chase down a pricey single-stack 1911 just to shoot it. :rolleyes:
 
Ah but you can get a double stack EAA Witness if you don't like the 1911...

https://eaacorp.com/guns/handguns/witness-elite-match-93

https://tacticalgunreview.com/gun-review-eaa-witness-38-super/


A number of options in the 1911 format are double stack.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2017/10/25/a-look-back-at-the-m1911-double-stack/

https://www.cheaperthandirt.com/category/firearms/handguns/38-super.do

If Glock chambered a gun in 38 Super it might sell a few guns for a change. They're still living on the success of the 45 GAP :rolleyes:

tipoc
 
I resisted 38 Super because I didn't want to add another cartridge. But I did need an excuse to get a few new 1911's. So, I'm now finding 38 Super to be an absolute hoot to reload and run through a standard Baer P-II and a DW PM-38 CCO. I love the accuracy and the nice supersonic bark!
 
Have no idea what a 9x25 Dillon is, no data for it in any of my manuals.
Sounds interesting and would like to know more about it, if it could be had in anything but a Block. :p

Just read up on the 9x25, no thanks, bottled necked for more hassle reloading, velocities that wear out guns, Competitors who used it then dropped it.

9 x this 9 x that the 38ACP. was invented by John Moses before all of them. Just took a few years to make a pistol that could handle it.:)
 
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Have no idea what a 9x25 Dillon is, no data for it in any of my manuals.
Sounds interesting and would like to know more about it, if it could be had in anything but a Block.

Just read up on the 9x25, no thanks, bottled necked for more hassle reloading, velocities that wear out guns, Competitors who used it then dropped it.
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:rolleyes:
 
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Most people don't know what the 9x25 Dillon is. It's quite a rare number. Folks can read about it here to start.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9×25mm_Dillon

It's a proprietary caliber developed by Dillon Precision. A 10mm necked down to 9mm.

Of a class like the 400 Cor-Bon. A 45 case necked down to 10mm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.400_Cor-Bon

There are some others as well. These are niche cartridges, which don't make them bad just makes them not so common.

tipoc
 
It's ballistics are quite impressive but boy that has to be hard on the gun.
Biggest turnoff for me is reloading bottleneck pistol cases, bad enough doing it for rifles. Have toyed with the idea of a 9x23 but don't consider the slight increase in performance worth the trouble. Besides this pistol is for target shooting as my preferred self defense rounds all begin with a .45 in front of them. ;)
 
Nope, the last thing I need to is start reloading another caliber and tha'ts the only way I would recommend to a person about 38 super is if they reload.

Biggest turnoff for me is reloading bottleneck pistol cases
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38 super is NOT a bottle neck case. It is a straight wall case just like 38 spl
 
I was in one of those "what don't I have" moods about a month ago, when CDNN sent out an e-mail offering Colt Competition Lew Horton .38 Supers. Only 100 were made. Completely devoid of any sales resistance, I jumped on it. Glad I did because they disappeared rather quickly from CDNN's ads. I had not fired a .38 Super in years. About 30 years ago, I had a 1947 vintage Colt in .38 Super, which I foolishly sold. I fired it once on an indoor range and remembered it being a rather hot cartridge to the point of flames coming out of the barrel.. So far, I have about 200 rounds of various commercial ammo through it and I find it pleasant to shoot. The 5 inch Colt has a nice heft to it. Recoil-wise, it seems comparable to a 9mm. I shot it this week against my Nighthawk Heinie PDP .45. Even in my hands, it was obvious, the Nighthawk shot tighter groups. I guess that's what you get for your extra $3K.
 
Claydoctor,
"what don't I have moods" must be some kind of virus as that's what bit me.

There I was browsing thru Gunbroker not really looking for anything when this Dan Wesson PM-38 caught my eye. The opening bid was very attractively priced so I thought what the hell and placed a bid at that price.

Well low and behold no one else wanted it and I won the bid.
My first reaction was "Oh crap what have I done" but in hindsight I'm glad it happened that way as I never would have bought one otherwise.
Now I'm loving it and having a lot of fun working up loads for it. :D
 
It was the late gun and outdoors writer, Gene Hill, who described the "what don't I have" phenomenon. In one of his essays, entitled "How Many Guns Are Enough". he related getting a letter from the wife of a gun enthusiast, saying that her husband had many guns but always seemed to be shopping for new ones and she wondered "How many guns are enough." He patiently explained that men don't think in those terms. Instead, they dwell on "what don't I have?"
He gave as an example, that to his dismay, he did not own a pre-64 Winchester Model 70 in 375 H&H and he knew it was only a matter of time, before one of his friends, over whiskey and cigars would ask to see said Winchester, causing him untold embarrassment.
 
I don't know if they made one today but you can buy NIB examples all day long on CDNN and Gunbroker. I did as noted above .
 
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