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If the barrel is properly chambered you cannot shoot both 9mm and .38 Super from same barrel. The .38 Super in its +P loadings will put down lots of zip downrange.
Competitive shooters were really drawn to it because it made major but had enough gas to make compensators truly effective. That's why it's still very popular in open classes but not used much in limited class and lower.
I owned a Llama .38 Super-auto back in the day(like 1980's)...at that time the only ammo in the stores(most had none at all) you could find were Remington 130gr hollowpoints which my Llama jammed constantly with...but you could also find Remington .38 acp which is an older low pressure version of the .38 Super. The .38acp was ball ammo and worked fine in my Llama .38 Super.
The .38 Super is a semi-rimmed case identical to the .38acp(not same as .380acp)...the .32acp is another semi-rimmed case....lots of cartridges very similar to .38 Super/.38acp such as 9mm Browning long, 9mm Largo, 9mm Steyr(I own one of these), 9x21 Winchester, etc however supposedly none are interchangeable.
The main issue with .38 Super ammo is not to use it in ancient Colt pistols chambered for .38acp..however you can use .38acp ammo in a .38 Super(like my hollowpoint hating Llama)
I have not looked for .38 Super ammo but I bet it's a rarity in any local stores...will be either mailorder or reloading project I imagine....Back in the day Fred Bakers(Outdoor America) was the only place around that had it....sometimes I would see some at gunshows...but not an issue for me now as I swapped-off the Llama decades ago.
The .38 Super is a semi-rimmed case identical to the .38acp(not same as .380acp)...the .32acp is another semi-rimmed case....lots of cartridges very similar to .38 Super/.38acp such as 9mm Browning long, 9mm Largo, 9mm Steyr(I own one of these), 9x21 Winchester, etc however supposedly none are interchangeable.
The main issue with .38 Super ammo is not to use it in ancient Colt pistols chambered for .38acp..however you can use .38acp ammo in a .38 Super(like my hollowpoint hating Llama)
I have not looked for .38 Super ammo but I bet it's a rarity in any local stores...will be either mailorder or reloading project I imagine....Back in the day Fred Bakers(Outdoor America) was the only place around that had it....sometimes I would see some at gunshows...but not an issue for me now as I swapped-off the Llama decades ago.
I've got a Kimber in .38 Super but lately I shoot my STI Trubor the most. I've loaded my Kimber to major but it's more pleasant to shoot hot stuff in the Trubor (125 gr. JHP at 1400 fps!)
I've carried a EAA Witness in .38 Super for years. Muzzle velocity and muzzle energy numbers approaching .357 Mag numbers in a double stack semi-auto.
If you reload, the 38 Super is more than just "approaching" .357 Magnum levels.
I chronon'd some +P 38 Super loads using N105 powder the other day. The 124gr bullet flew 1503fps from my 5" Kimber and 1480fps from my Witness. A 147gr XTP went 1291fps.
I chronon'd some +P 38 Super loads using N105 powder the other day. The 124gr bullet flew 1503fps from my 5" Kimber and 1480fps from my Witness. A 147gr XTP went 1291fps.
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