Talk:.38 Short Colt

Modern .38 Short Colt ammo
I just bought a new manufacture box of this ammo and it is definitely not heeled ammo. Remington Target .38 Short Colt 128gr lead round nose, and it very plainly has a bullet smaller than the rim diameter. Looks exactly like a .38 Special that someone shortened. I bought some .38 Long Colt at the same time, and by sticking the unfired bullets into the muzzle of a .38 Special revolver, they both appear to be almost identical bullet diameters. Indeed, I would say the LC appears to be a larger bullet if anything. My guess is that ammo makers have developed a modernized ".38 Short Colt" round that is meant to be fired in .38 Special revolvers. Since the bullet is smaller than the original, it won't damage anyone's old gun if they try to fire some of it, it will just have very bad accuracy. It is no different from the change from the original heeled .38 caliber bullet in the .38 Special to the present .36 caliber bullet that everyone calls the ".38". So something should be said about this, since it's clearly relevant information.

64.222.87.62 (talk) 04:21, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Here you go: https://www.guns.com/news/2011/08/25/the-other-38s-short-long-and-everything-in-between Modern .38 SC uses regular bullets the same diameter as the .38 Special and .38 LC. It no longer uses heeled bullets.

64.222.87.62 (talk) 04:31, 25 November 2020 (UTC)