You mean like loading factory ammo at 9mm velocities?I’m Sure it’s only a matter of time before one of them “reinvents” the 38 Super for “modern bullets” and audiences…..and then proceeds to muck it up somehow but on purpose.
38 Super in a model 60 S&W with 5 round moon clips?
Along with RIA and Colt, Les Baer still catalogs at least one model in .38 Super. I'm surprised Ed Brown has dropped if from their website, but he would probably still make them to custom order. I've never actually seen one, but the Browning BDA version of the SIG P220 was available for a time in .38 Super. I'd like to shoot one of those someday and see how it compares to my friend's 220 in .45 ACP.
EAA offered a tricked-out competition version of the Tangfoglio Witness line in .38 Super:
https://palmettostatearmory.com/eaa...e-match-38-super-pistol-stainless-600655.html
Lots of things 38 Super seem to be out of stock right now, which probably means that they have been discontinued.
I mostly shoot handloads using .38 ACP/Super brass in my Astra 400s and Star Super A. I've also got a bag of early Starline production 9x23 Largo brass in the 90s, but that particular batch proved a bit brittle and prone to case splits.
For those that have 9mm Largo pistols, if the 38 ACP/Super case rims are too big to fit, then use the 38 Super Comp brass. Again the Starline 9mm Largo and Starline 38 Super Comp brass are the exact same dimensions.
Just throwing this out there.
Rimmed 38 Super combined with rimless super comp brass creates an issue with extractors. I had to change mine out to make super comp brass work, and did so as the reports were that rimless brass was more reliable, and the gun is very reliable now. I imagine any manufacturing company sees the issue with this and is reluctant as people will shoot the wrong brass then complain.
From a 5" barrel, you can push a 124 grain bullet to 1400fps in a hot N105 load. (I did it, and matched the results of the published load.) It's a super fun cartridge, but honestly speaking, it's a reloaders cartridge now and seeing SD guns chambered in it is pretty much a no go.
I think it has a lot going for it.
I remember when you were working that out. Glad to hear you got it.change mine out to make super comp brass work, and did so as the reports were that rimless brass was more reliable, and the gun is very reliable now.