I know there were full auto 1911's made in 38 super, but why did it stop there? Why not a thompson in 38 super, seems like back in the day(20's) it could have been developed into a super high rate of fire sub gun. Instead it has malingered into close to nonexistance until the 70's when ipsc came about and it turned around, now thousands of guns are produced every year for this cartridge so I am sure it will stick around for a long time.