.38 caliber
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.38 caliber is a frequently used name for the caliber of firearms and firearm cartridges.
The .38 caliber is a large firearm cartridge (anything larger than .32 caliber is considered a large caliber).[1]Template:Rp Before 1990, the standard sidearms of police in the United States were revolvers that fired the .38 Special cartridge, seconded by revolvers firing the .357 Magnum, a lengthened version of the .38 Special.[1]Template:Rp
Handgun cartridge table
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| Cartridge name | Bullet diameter |
Case length |
Cartridge length |
Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .380 ACP | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimless | Barnes 1997,Template:Missing long citation p. 274 |
| .38 Casull | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | – | Rimless | [2] |
| .38 Short Colt | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 274 |
| .38 Long Colt | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 274 |
| .38 Special | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 274 |
| .38 ACP | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Semi-rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 274 |
| .38 Super | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Semi-rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 274 |
| .38 Super Comp | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimless | Starline cartridge dimensions |
| .38 S&W | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 274 |
| .38 TPC | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimless, tapered | |
| .380 Revolver Short | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 274 |
| .380 Revolver Long | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 274 |
| .38-40 Winchester | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Script error: No such module "convert". | Rimmed | Barnes 1997, p. 92 |
See also
References
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- ↑ a b Wright, James D.; Rossi, Peter H.; Daly, Kathleen (1983). Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime and Violence in America. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter. Template:ISBN.
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