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Just read an article making this claim. Don't know if it's an accurate statement but having gotten into the Super last year, I'm sure liking it so much I now have two pistols in that caliber.
Just read an article making this claim. Don't know if it's an accurate statement but having gotten into the Super last year, I'm sure liking it so much I now have two pistols in that caliber.
That’s where I think the 38 Super and 44 Special cross paths.They're goldilocks
a .44 caliber for semi-autos.
Huh! The punybellum does what?The demise of the 40 S&W, 357 SIG and slowing demand for .357 and 45 ACP show that the 9MM Luger is a efficient, relatively easy round to fire and fits the needs of the majority of users.
It's in the latest issue of Guns magazine John Taffin's handloading article on Lipstick bullets.
Quote "For the .38 Super — which to me with semi-automatics is what the .44 Special is to sixguns ".
Never owned a .44Special but have had several 44 magnums which I always hand load to 44 special velocities in magnum brass.
One of the most accurate I reload for.
Come to think of it kind of funny no one ever invented a .44 caliber for semi-autos.
With N105 and a 124 grain bullet, my 38 Super loads hit 1450 FPS from a 5 inch 1911.The 38 Super could be loaded to the pressure levels of a 9 MM +P.
It’s very popular with gun gamers because you generate a lot of gas to utilize compensators. But of course, gun gamers mostly load their own.It's about availability. You won't find much in the way of ammo for either caliber at your LGS. That may change, though. .38 Super seems to be growing in popularity.