.38 caliber firearms have been around for a long time- several muzzleloader, and cap & ball revolvers used that caliber (Colt Navy models). The .38 rimfire was created about 1861, and was followed by the .38 Webley, various .38 Colts, S&Ws, etc. The most common .38 cartridge today is the .38 Special (which is actually .357, not .38) It was created by Smith & Wesson in 1899, and is still in production.
caliber 38 is a caliber 38. bullet dia. is .357 caliber deals with the dia. or measurement around the bullet head, not the bullet case.
Close. a .38 caliber is usually closer to .357 caliber.
No. <><><> Above is correct- however, ,38 Special CARTRIDGES can be used in a .357 magnum revolver. The .38 Special is actually not .38 caliber, but .357 caliber. .38 caliber bullets, such as used in the .38 S&W catridge, cannot be used.
.38 Special, yes. Other .38 cartridges (such as the .38 Long Colt or .38 Super), no.
38 is the size. This answer is actually correct, but more specifically, .38 special (and many of the other .38 caliber cartridges) are actually .357. The caliber ".38" was chosen to distinguish between .357 magnum and .38 special.
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Caliber is the diameter of the bore of a firearm. It's expressed in hundredths or thousandths of an inch, as in .45 caliber or .380 caliber. Curiously, the actual diameter of a .38 caliber slug is 0.357 inch.
32 caliber is a little smaller then the 38 caliber
how to breakdown and load 38 caliber iver johnson pistol?
One would think that .380 ACP and .38 Special would be the same size--namely 38-hundredths of an inch. But there can be some flexibility in stated caliber and actual caliber. Long story short, .380 ACP is the same diameter as a 9mm, roughly .355 caliber. .38 Special is basically .357 caliber.
Yes If it is .38 special, this is correct. There are other types of .38 caliber other than .38 special, however.