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what is the difference between 38 long colt & 38 S&W spcle

In simplest terms, .38 Short Colt made a little longer is .38 Long Colt. .38 Long Colt made a little longer is .38 Special. .38 Special made a ...

.38 colt vs .38 special | Colt Forum

The 38 Colt is 1.031" long and the 38 Special is 1.155" long. You can always chamber a 38 Colt in a 38 Special but not always vise versa.

.38 Long Colt - Wikipedia

38 LC differ in case length, bullet diameter, weight, and design and are not interchangeable; however, modern production .38 SC ammunition is now loaded with a ...

38 Long Colt vs. .38 Special ballistics - The High Road

Bullet diameter on the Colt is .361, a 38 Special is .357...enough of a difference to be significant. Case diameter on the Colt is .381 versus ...

38 S&W cartridge VS 38 Long Colt - Smith & Wesson Forum

The difference being in the bullet point profile. The case dimensions are the same. Colt not wanting to put the competitors name on their ...

.38 Colt vs .38 Special vs .38 S&W? | 1911Forum

38 Long Colt was from 1875. The .38 Short Colt is just a shortened version used in the Army and Navy models of Colt revolvers. Both will fit and ...

38 Long Colt safe to shoot in 38 special? - The Firing Line Forums

All of the dimensions, except case length, are the same. The .38 Long Colt is loaded to lower power, so there are no issues shooting it in a .38 ...

38 Long Colt - GUNS Magazine

In the 1890s .38 Colt cases were lengthened to 1.03″ and the 150-gr. bullet diameter reduced to .357″ over 19 grains of black powder. The barrels ...

38 sp, or 38 long colt, or 38 short colt? - Brian Enos's Forums

900 is the perfect compromise. With 38 long colt and special you really have to be more deliberate when reloading both loading and unloading ( ...

I have a full box of 38 Short Colt-- will they fit 38 Special?

The case diameter is the same for either cartridge. The difference is the bullet. 38 short colt uses a wasted bullet, that is the front part of ...

The .38 Long Colt and Its Military Contract Revolvers. | Badger & Blade

45 ACP. But that's a whole different story. The 20th century dawned with a new .38 cartridge to compete with the .38 Long Colt. This was ...

38 colt / 38 S&W ???? same?? - Graybeard Outdoors

No! The 38 S&W is the same case as the British 38-200. The 38 Colt and short Colt are just shorter versions of the 38 Smith and Wesson Special.

Revolver Shooters Shouldn't Overlook The .38 Long Colt

38/.357 chamber. Handloading the .38 Short Colt is not difficult. It can be done with a combination of .38 Spl. and 9 mm dies ...

38 Special VS 38 Colt - 1851 Navy Cartridge Conversion - YouTube

Black Powder 38 Short and Long Colt. Everything Black Powder•23K ... Is it safe to switch between 357 Magnum and 38 Special in a lever gun?

38 Long Colt - Choice Ammunition

In 1892, it was adopted as a standard military pistol cartridge by the United States Army for the Colt M1892 revolver. The metric designation for the .38 Long ...

Black Powder 38 Short and Long Colt - YouTube

i saw a guy load a baby dragoon with 12 grains of 4f and an 80 grain bullet, this gave him an average of 898 fps and 143 ft lbs of energy, ...

Was the .45 Colt really any better than the .38 Long Colt at stopping ...

this is true to some extent, but the jump from the maximum 200 ft lbs of the 38 to the over 400 ft lbs of 45 LC is a very substantial difference ...

Can a .38 special round be fired in a revolver chambered to ... - Quora

38 Long, .38 Long Colt, .38 Special, .357 Remington Magnum. Each generation was lengthened (.266”, .124”, .135”) ...

The much-maligned .38 Long Colt... Not as weak as everyone thinks ...

The case is, but not the bullet. The original bullets were heel-base bullets with the OD of the bullet the same as the OD of the case. The original groove ...

38 special VS 45 LC : r/guns - Reddit

There is definitely difference in feel between those two. It depends what is purpose of it. If You want it for "larping" (cowboy pretending) ...