redpill me on the .38 special

redpill me on the .38 special

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's good

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's good?

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's good

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's good

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's good

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Weak sauce .357

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Frick ya mudda

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Frick ya mudda

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Frick ya mudda

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's good

      Frick ya mudda

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's good

      Frick ya mudda

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Frick ya mudda

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's not actually that special.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You take that back.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Pretty mediocre round in the current year. But it's damn fun to shoot from a heavy revolver

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >heavy
      I'm a wristlet and standard pressure is soft and fun from a 22 oz snub.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    .38 Special is a good cartridge. Best suited for compact revolvers with +P defensive loads, and as practice ammo for .357 Magnum revolvers, pistols, and rifles.
    If you have a .357 Magnum rifle and a suitable enquitener, then .38 Special will typically be nice as most loads are subsonic.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous
  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Wanna bet?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous
    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Last time I posted a pic of my dick in my Model 10, I got banned 🙁

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    "Hold on Loosely" was OK
    Donnie was the most talented of the Van Zant brothers though

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Caught Up in You was also good

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Caught Up in You was also good

      Stone Cold Believers.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    They have some pretty catchy songs, hold on loosely, second chance, first time around. Just listen to all their albums and pick out what you like

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Underrated (post and band)

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >tfw they changed their name from .38 special to 38 special
      They went from being profuns to nofuns and i cannot forgive them for that.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Slightly cheaper if you wanna shoot more boolet out 357 revolver. Also they go good with milk

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's good

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it's okay, but a bit underpowered. .38 spl +P is alright.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's "weaker" than 9mm despite being bigger unless you get a +P loading.

      A std pressure, hard cast, 158gr SWC .38spl will completely penetrate a human torso. That's literally all you can ask of a SD round.

      >bullets at typical handgun velocities must physically touch tissue to damage it as there are no remote wounding effects caused by the temporary cavity exceeding the elasticity of human flesh at these velocities
      >in order to successfully incapacitate a threat via physical damage vital structures must be damaged
      >only rounds with adequate penetration can reach these vital structures
      >shot placement and penetration are the only factors that determine the effectiveness of any given handgun round to cause physical damage to vital structures
      >the only downside to maximizing penetration with bullet selection is over-penetration
      >if you don't care about overpenetration there is no reason to ever use hollowpoints because they limit penetration in exchange for an increase in surface area which is only a theoretically worthwhile exchange if you know for a FACT that expansion will not limit your penetration to unacceptable levels
      >round nose bullets are inferior to bullets with square shoulders and flat meplats in their ability to cut tissue
      >assuming two rounds have equally adequate penetration the better round of the two will be the one you can shoot faster while maintaining accuracy.

      Hits count. First hits count most. Carry whatever gun/caliber combo you can make fast accurate hits with. Everything else is marketing bullshit designed to have you paying for overpriced meme ammunition.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        How does RN compare to SWC in penetration on large animals? Might be apples and oranges since RN are usually about 132gr...

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          RN penetrated great but it sucks because it "slips" through tissue where a WC or SWC with a wide flat meplat and square shoulders will "cut" tissue. You can see this effect on paper by how clean the holes of WC/SWC are compared to RN.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Clearly we need something like the FBI penetration standard, but for bears.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              call it the For Bears Index to help differentiate from the FBI

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                mother of god

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          if they are the same weight they'll penetrate about the same, although swc would cut a better hole due to that flat meplat, and go straighter while round nose is more likely to veer off course.

          In faster rounds swcs can have better penetration due to cavitation as well but you need decent velocity for that.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Paul Harrell's meat targets debunk that nonsense. Biological flesh does not behave like gelatin. It doesn't snap back into place

        Look at how much more damage .357 does than 9mm

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Not scientific don't care. Based on the best data we have all handgun calibers .32 and above are statistically equivalent in effectiveness for SD use. Speed and accuracy are what matters. Whatever gun/ammo combo you can shoot fast and accurate is good enough. Practice trumps everything else people argue over and they're usually arguing over it because they don't practice enough and want to feel they have bought an edge. You can't buy competence.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            This guy

            >a scientifically designed tested medium
            Gelatin can tell you that ammo X penetrates 15% more than ammo Y. It does not and was never intended to simulate what the ammo does to flesh. The standard of 12-18 inches in gelatin came from observing that ammo that was effective in real shootouts penetrates about that far in gelatin.

            is 100% correct. The only physical property that ballistic gel is density. Human and animal flesh isn't some monolithic gel, it's fibrous, and is made of trillions of fluid filled cells that won't snap back into place like gel when a hole is blasted through it. And Bernie Goetz is the perfect example of why i wouldn't want to use .38 for SD. he shot 4 teenagers and scored no kills.
            >But the goal is to stop, not kill
            That's just what you say in court so you don't look like a psycho. Those nogs where able to win the civil suit against him because they were alive to go to court and cry about him being racist to them. Even if your survived unharmed you still failed to fully defend yourself if your attacker is alive. I would never say this if it wasn't true.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >The only physical property that ballistic gel is density.
              The only physical property that ballistic gel shares with flesh is density*

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Goetz carried a gun on a subway where it wasnt exactly legal and he was quoted as saying "you look like you could use another" and shot a guy on the ground who was already out of the fight. his version of the events wasnt exactly corroborated or disproved by other subway goers. but dont shoot a dude while making your one liner.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Nice trips, but you can still face slander in court even if you do everything by the book. Your attacker dying and not being able to show to court is the best case scenario.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              The nogs won the civil suit because judge threw out evidence that put the nogs in bad light, like when after the shooting one of them admitted to wanting to rob the guy or whatever, and also threw out evidence that one of them had been arrested for a violent crime after the shooting.
              He defended himself from 4 people, name another successful self defense case against 4 people, you can't.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Kyle defended himself from 4, though one remained unharmed.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >He defended himself from 4 people, name another successful self defense case against 4 people, you can't.
                Lance Thomas.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Not the same thing. Lance was in a fixed location targeted by a street gang in multiple distributed attacks and none of those attacks involved 4 people at once.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Kyle Rittenhouse.
                >First assailant chased him down and tried to murder him with his own weapon, got shot in the chest while grabbing the barrel. Died. Mob forms and goes after him.
                >Second assailant got shot at, but the bullet missed, then he realized shit was real and fled the scene. Alive.
                >Third assailant hit him in the head with a skateboard, then took a single .223 to the chest and collapsed to the ground in a second. Dead.
                >Fourth assailant drew a gun, feigned surrender, then got shot in the arm when he was about to take aim again, disabling his gun hand. Alive.
                The defendant was freed on all charges, in spite of extremely foul play by the district attorney, the video evidence, witness testimony, and autopsy report, were all conclusively in his favor.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I really hope that DA got black faxxed to oblivion.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >a scientifically designed tested medium?
          >frick off, I don't believe in that gay nonsense
          >random butthole shooting meat and oranges?
          >holy shit, so true!

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Not scientific don't care. Based on the best data we have all handgun calibers .32 and above are statistically equivalent in effectiveness for SD use. Speed and accuracy are what matters. Whatever gun/ammo combo you can shoot fast and accurate is good enough. Practice trumps everything else people argue over and they're usually arguing over it because they don't practice enough and want to feel they have bought an edge. You can't buy competence.

            Not him, but a factor not considered in the scientific tests is landwhales. If theyre basing penetration results on a "normal" person, they could be gimping people. Xboxhueg fatties obviously have low impulse control. Blacks are notoriously obese. .38spc or 9mm will be fine against gangly hoodblacks, but if Yolanda the Hamplanet gets mad at you paying with cash at a grocery store while her EBT card is broken, a .357 may be the correct answer. That 12-18" penetration in gel wouldnt be enough if the attacker is covered in 12-18" of adipose tissue

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Hard cast 158gr SWC or 148gr WC is gonna penetrate a fatty plenty good enough.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                A .38 wadcutter probably. But im really arguing against 9mm absolutists. 115 gr 9mm HPs may get stuck in a fatty titty. any screaming of "I caint breeve" could just be them exasperated from their own mass as the lungs are undamaged

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                9mm is a solid round. It's cheap due to economies of scale. There's literally nothing wrong with it. There's also nothing wrong with .38spl if you are opting for a revolver for whatever reason.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                i agree, own both and like that painting.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Or if you like revolvers but also like cheaper ammo, get a revolver in 9mm.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >gets mad at you paying with cash at a grocery store while her EBT card is broken
              Based and foodriot-pilled.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >gets mad at you buying cigarettes with money you worked for while she can't do that with foodstamps
                Fixed for more likely scenario

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Even more so because penetration in gel is quite a bit more than in an actual human.
              1. The calibration bb penetrates like 3 inches
              2. jelly doesn't have bones

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >a scientifically designed tested medium
            Gelatin can tell you that ammo X penetrates 15% more than ammo Y. It does not and was never intended to simulate what the ammo does to flesh. The standard of 12-18 inches in gelatin came from observing that ammo that was effective in real shootouts penetrates about that far in gelatin.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >a scientifically designed tested medium?
            No. It only provides an analog on the density of human flesh, not the damage that the projectile does. Animal flesh is closer to human flesh than gel.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >a scientifically designed tested medium?
            How is gel more scientific than using actual flesh to simulate flesh?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Gel is not a flesh simulator. All it is is a uniform medium for generating comparative data.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Exactly. All it does it measure how far a round penetrates, not the damage it does to flesh. Paul's meat targets are goofy, but tell you more about what bullets do to bodies than gel

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Well to be pedantic dead tissue doesn't behave the same way as living tissue, so it's still not a perfect analog and there's something to be said for the consistency that gel testing provides. But as Paul Harrell said himself in one video, there's plenty of people doing jelly tests so we wouldn't gain much from him doing jelly tests in addition.

              The meat target does offer more insight into hollow point expansion though. As HPs are much more likely to lose their jacket or not expand as well in the meat target as they do in gel. Again it's still not a fair analog to a living organism, but I'll just hollow point expansion and integrity from the meat target more seriously than that in jelly.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >dead tissue doesn't behave the same way as living tissue
                True, but it's still better than gel. We just need someone with the balls to do tests on live pigs.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Do you really need balls to do that?
                >trap wild hogs
                >fill them with sedatives
                >string them up
                >shoot
                It's an extremely ethical method of execution. The issue is money and time.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Interesting food for thought.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            John Correia? Eat a salad next time fatty

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Flesh undergoes many changes post mortem, significantly effecting mechanical properties in terms of strength and elasticity. As does the freezing and thawing process. Studies done by fackler back in the 90s(iirc) on pigs showed that an animal had to be shot within 15 minutes of death to accurately represent wound cavities on a live one. That's to say nothing of the fruit, if you don't understand why that's gonna exaggerate cavitation then you aren't even worth talking to.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          "Meat targets" and other spastic fuddshit are horrible testing mediums.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Literally better than ballistic gelatin tests.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            literally closer to shooting something that’s alive and made of flesh than gel is
            eggheads are fbi don’t use because they are obsessed to the point of stupidity with repeatability
            if you don’t trust the dead meat target, i encourage you to go handgun hunting, and you will find out that ballistics gel does not reflect what you see in the field, and a deer body is closer to a human body than gelatin
            bodies aren’t repeatable

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >dead flesh is perfectly analogous to living flesh
          Frick off moron.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >soft gelatin which you can easily dig your finger into is analogous to living flesh
            It's obviously not perfect, but it's essentially an improvised cadaver test, which may not tell you about stuff like bleeding, but it'll give you a rough idea on how projectiles may behave in similar flesh, as well as to what resistance bones put up for your given gun and load.

            It's probably the best kind of test medium you can devise short of scoring a proper cadaver, or testing on a living target, both which present some not easily solved problems.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Bernhard Goetz is my hero

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          for me its the town of skidmore missouri

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >All actual shots plus my draw time occurred easily within 1.6 seconds or less. This is not as difficult to do as some might think, and occasionally I give a description of the technique along with a re-enactment.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        best post & /thread/ & /board tbrqphwydesu

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous
          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            nice ones anon

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            What's that on the left

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              A model 38 with some old Herrret's grips on it.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I saw a guy get killed with a single .38 lead roundnose to the belly in 2019. It works fine. I carry a .38 j frame

        Good post

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous
  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's "weaker" than 9mm despite being bigger unless you get a +P loading.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >unless you get a +P loading.
      Standard pressure 9mm still makes .38 +p look wimpy. .38 falls between .380 and 9mm and leans more towards the .380 side, especially in snubbies.

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's special

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Frick ya mudda it's good.

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      twist rate 1:0.3
      sectional density 9000

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Do you happen to have the .17 Moon Orbital too? It was that tank shell necked down to a .22 or something.

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's fairly mundane honestly

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      > Mundane
      That's what makes it perfect.
      Sorry it's not exciting enough for you, turns out that just because something is not part of a new and exciting fad makes no difference irl.
      If your carry gun is anything other than a .357 caliber variation then your other life choices are probably very questionable.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Sometimes simplicity is what makes a thing great. It works, and it's been working since 1898. +p will bump it up to 9mm levels while being at half pressure, and there's tons of modern hollowpoints that work because of advances in technology. I use Federal Punch 120 grain +p, I've seen tests, it penetrates just fine

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Please tell me you don't store that gun in that foam case with the lid closed all the time. If you own an out of production blued revolver you should consider yourself a caretaker. I'm not saying not to use it as a tool because that's what it is just take as good care of it as you can. Have pity on some younggay you don't even know who is gonna want that piece after you're gone.

          Please go buy this: https://www.amazon.com/Birchwood-Casey-1003530-Universal-Grease/dp/B003ITB8NS

          Then cut up a t-shirt or use painter's rags and impregnate the cloth with the grease and wipe your blued guns down after handling.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            She's my carry piece, a gun the police nicked off some guy, got it for cheap mostly because it wasn't taken care of the best. As for the young gay comment, in a way, that was me this year when I bought it. I intend on taking good care of her, she's my friend after all. Thanks for the tips by the way

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              You're welcome and checked.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Lol ok, dont get it but ok. But really I went for a revolver because it had been sitting in that case for a year, and I knew it was a Smith. Can't get much better than that, and I'm not buying some shit PSA dagger

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        muh .45 stoppinpowah 🙁

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Just buy a 9mm, better in every way

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Except aesthetics and soul.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I like you. You can come over to my house and frick my sister.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          DO YOU SUCK DICKS?

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Pretty good... IF I COULD FIND ANY

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    *blocks your path*

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      An unoccupied car does make some good cover, thanks for being in my way fren.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It's as good as 9mm vs windshields

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I have shot a car quite a bit with .38, 9mm, .308, 5.56 and 12 gauge. Jacketed .38 and hollowpoints goes through windshields fine I have personally seen lead roundnose .38 NOT penetrate windshields. I wanted to see if the Dirty Harry line that he'd "seen .38s bounce off windshields" was true and it was if and only if I shot lead roundnose. Dont remember the grain. It was magtech brand iirc. Fun test in pic related you can actually see the shot that didnt penetrate the windshield

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          To be fair, I'm looking to penetrate a crackhead, not a car. The fact is the FBI and police used it for decades with great success, hollowpoints have only gotten better, ammo is common, recoil is soft, and reloading is a breeze. I'll be fine if a crackhead gets twitchy, he wont

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >jacketed .38 and hollowpoints penetrated windhshields fine
            >lead roundnose did not
            I hope you arent carrying lead roundnose anon. Otherwise carry on, idk why you replied really other than that.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Does he see himself shooting a crackhead sitting in a car, or from inside his car? Seems if the latter he oughta just fricking floor it instead.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                That's another point. I'm not the cops. If I'm in a car, I'm gonna be playing Gas Gas Gas as I get the frick out of the fire fight. If I'm getting into a prolonged engagement, something has gone terribly wrong, especially where I live, which is pretty peaceful all things considered. My Mod 36 38 special has more than enough put down to make the average thug, which I very much doubt is gonna be wearing a level III plate, regret fricking with me. It still has more power than 380 auto, and +p loads can be brought up to base 9mm power levels while retaining mild recoil; tldr, the ultimate balance

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I meant run the crackhead over, but I guess just fleeing wouldn't need to be defended in a court of law. And yeah, I think .38 Special is a great cartridge for compact revolvers, decent power together with a gun which can't be limpwristed or pushed out of battery, in case it has to be shot really really close.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              I'm carrying JHP, so I'm fine I guess. Point still remains. While that test is nice and fine, when am I shooting out a windshield in my car when I'm walking down the sidewalk late at night when some crackhead wants to get froggy?

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Twice the size of 9mm with the same power. .38 Special? More like .38 Especially Obsolete.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Even if it were twice the size (it's not), it's a revolver cartridge so who cares?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        tactical zoomers

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's a fine old bullet. Shoots everything from soft .380 special power loads up to 9mm+p+ equivalent loads with select +p ammo. The only thing with more diversity is a .357. and sometimes that's just not important, like with a small pocket revolver.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I don't think a 38 spl can safely go to 9mm+P territory.

      AFAIK 38 +P+ = regular b***h 9 mill

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Remington FBI load enters the room

        Yes, and? It's got one hell of a kill count

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >60+ yr old loading of an unjacketed lead hollow point
          >Put it in a shiny new box with HIGH TERMINAL PERFORMANCE and sell it for 80CPR to like it's a modern JHP
          Fuyukai tbh

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I carry handloads for SD use. Hard cast 158gr SWC for less than .30/rd. Double the holes. Double the leaks.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >Double the holes. Double the leaks.
              >the bloods still in his chest so he won't be hypovolemic

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        https://www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=108
        474 ft lbs from a 4 inch barrel. It can, and does get as hot as your +p+ loadings.
        BB is pretty good about being right on the money with their advertised velocities too whereas big box stores tend to run lower than expected.

  26. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Is it really a waste to buy a .357 revolver but carry .38 in it? I see people say that but I really like the heavier feel of .357s, especially when it's a 4inch barrel and not a 2inch snubby. I have a 3inch .38 I love but I've rented some bigger .357s and they feel great.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Is it really a waste to buy a .357 revolver but carry .38 in it?

      Only if you want a really lightweight gun. InB4 scandium morons.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Nah
      Because if you change your mind and want to start carrying magnums you already have a gun for it

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Of course not. If you have a gun that can fire two calibers you've opened your options massively with one purchase. .38spcl and .357 are fine calibers. It's not a waste to use .38 in a .357.

  27. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Snubby loaded with wadcutters is all you need

  28. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You buy them for your girlfriend because she can't handle 9mm.

  29. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The preferred caliber for shooting uppity spooks

  30. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It has the same performance as 9x19 but it's longer, used almost exclusively in revolvers, costs more than 9x19, and is less available than .357 mag.

    There was a time when it was good choice, but that time has passed.

  31. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's nice that it spans sub sonic to super spicy without having to get weird with the bullets

  32. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I am a revolver and lever gun enthusiast but I own multiple 9mm handguns for self defense. I enjoy the .38 special and .357 magnum very much but as far as the .38 special goes it's pretty well surpassed by 9mm in just about most measurements you could strive for. It's a wonder as is that the .38 special is still relevant. I love shooting my wheelguns and leverguns and .38 special through them all the same. The cool thing about .38 special to this day is that it's naturally subsonic so it's really quiet in a suppressed lever gun. Mine is basically inaudible.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah 9mm is a pretty good round to fill the gap between .38 and .357. I have a convertable revolver that has both a .357 and a 9mm cylinder which I quite like. If I wanted a small revolver for pocket carry, I'd probably choose an LCR in 9mm.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        The only gap between .38 and .357 is how far the bullet flies out the other side of the target after completely penetrating it.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          No, .38 SPC suffers the same problem as .380 ACP in that a lot of HP ammo won't reliably expand, or not expand very much. Whereas modern 9mm will expand much more reliably even out of short barrels. Sure if you already had a revolver that could handle .38 +P that's probably be the better option, but if you're buying a revolver IMO you'd be better off getting 9mm if you're not sure you'll use .357.

          Also penetration matters more than people think. Not every shot is a perfect frontal shot and bullets deflect off of bone and other material so may not be passing through the shortest distance from someone's chest to there back.

          There's also the matter of just because the temporary wound cavity doesn't cause permanent tissue damage, doesn't mean it has zero effect on the target.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Expansion is a bonus not a requirement. Shot placement and penetration are all that matter.

  33. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It is fine but no longer the most economical choice. 9x19 shoots people just as dead but the ammo is cheaper and abundant.
    .38 is great for reloading, the cases last dozens of reload cycles and the amount of loads is great. You can even load them with BP if you so wish.

  34. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    cool, but what about .38 SUPER

  35. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    How many John Lennons have been killed by 38 versus any other round

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Lennon was done in with a .44 special.

  36. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Worked fine for law enforcement for what, 80 years? It's damned good.

  37. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >.72" expansion
    >13.7" penetration in gelatin
    it'll kill people for sure

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Meanwhile my handloaded hard cast 158gr pills blew through 24+" of gel.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        how much expansion?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I don't give a frick about expansion because it's unnecessary. Penetration and shot placement are all that matter.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            source?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              All of recorded history. Handgun terminal ballistics is literally settled science. The surface area you gain from expansion is not going to magically turn a bad hot into a good one. And expansion does limit penetration. If you know 100% your load penetrates adequately while also expanding then please feel free to use it. It's a bonus. I only care about knowing 100% my rounds penetration is not gimped in anyway and that I can put my shots rapidly and accurately into vital structures.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >The surface area you gain from expansion is not going to magically turn a bad hot into a good one.
                ummmm no, but it can if your shot is off by a fraction of an inch. If you're going to shoot non expanding ammo, at least shoot .45 so at least you have a bigger boolet right off the bat, compared to an expanded 9mm.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Clear ballistics gelatin results are deeper than fbi-standard calibrated gelatin.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >4" barrel

  38. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The band is ok, the cartridge is nothing special

  39. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    .38 special is great because it's easy to keep your brass and reload it. It's also easy to shoot when you use light target loads.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That too. Because of its extremely low pressure, you just keep reloading .38 until the brass splits in the reloader. It may be more expensive to get the brass, but reloading is a breeze, and you can use cast lead if u want

  40. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    .32-20 was better.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      If .32-20 is so good, why is there no 1911 in .32-20?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Ummmmm is there a 1911 in 38 special???????? Git destroyed libtard

  41. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it's good

  42. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's a very weak, slow round, along the same line as .45 acp. The saami pressures for these rounds are in the 15000-21000 psi range, whereas nearly every other common round is around 35000 psi, and some much more. Basically, the volume of the cartridge isn't very well utilized. If you're just plinking, none of this matters. But if you are shooting with a purpose nearly any other cartridge can do it better, whatever your task.

    I own a 357 mag but there isn't any point to shooting 38 spl for me since I hand load and can make my bullets do whatever I want them to.

  43. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's good at frickin ya mudda

  44. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    good for really small backup ccw weapons.

  45. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Womens gun. For concealed carry classes it's always the women with the .38 special.

  46. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I bought it for the memes and to piss you off
    The wife thinks it's sexy though, so I got that going for me which is nice

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Wife thinks his BBR is the sexiest gun he owns
      Anon, I...

      I carry handloads for SD use. Hard cast 158gr SWC for less than .30/rd. Double the holes. Double the leaks.

      >Double the holes. Double the leaks.
      Not how a chest cavity works, an exit just means more of it might end up on the floor.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >an exit just means

        That bullet touched everything it could conceivably touch.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Not a lot of major blood vessels in your back fat.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I'm a dick shooter.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              You get more and more moronic with every post. The femoral and iliac are both easier to reach than thoracic vessels and ass cheeks don't exactly have any major blood vessels either.
              >Inb4 muh pelvic girdle meme
              Not how boney support in that area works, not that you'd know.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=gE9qooFUqsk

  47. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    jus like it, simple as

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Eddie, is that you?
      Jk that's actually a real clean setup especially with the wadcutters

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >that's actually a real clean setup especially with the wadcutters
        Thanks, thats what i carry in it

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      .38 snub with wadcutters has probably killed more bad guys and/or coons in the US than most other combos put together

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Probably not, they kill each other more than anyone else, and wadcutters isn't exactly on the top of their list for ammo.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >179 Ruger P89s
          >in 2014
          Bullshit

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            The quoted statistic doesn't specify exact models, just brand and caliber, most likely they're the now more common Ruger pistols and what not.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I'm surprised how little glocks are in the list

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            That data is 8 years old now. It would be very different today. More dracos and AR pistols and shit for sure.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Nah, those are generally trophy guns, the guns in question may be different but for actual crime, criminals always favor a weapon which can be concealed on your person, ergo conventional handguns.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Nah, those are generally trophy guns, the guns in question may be different but for actual crime, criminals always favor a weapon which can be concealed on your person, ergo conventional handguns.

              Yeah if I'm looking to rob a place, walking in with a ar, in Chicago no less, which will tip off the cops immediately, is kinda stupid. A revolver or handgun these gangbangers can hide is how robberies work

  48. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    read somewhere that the 38 special started out as a black power round

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      that was 38 long colt, basically the parent cartridge of the 38 special.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      The first year it was introduced it had a black powder load, hense the huge case. It was very quickly switched to smokeless

  49. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Rocked more bad guys than you will ever know
    Military equipment and requirements change. Street thugs don't

  50. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    9mm but chunky.
    Faster when loaded with black powder.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Delusional fuddlore

  51. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's good.
    It's easy to find.
    In a SHTF scenario, it would, therefore, be easy to find.
    It can be fired from both wheel guns and carbines.
    It's cheapish.
    It's very low on recoil.
    If you get a .357 platform, you can fire these too.
    It's a classic.

  52. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >2. jelly doesn't have bones
    Then what the frick have I been eating?

  53. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    .38 is outdated to shit and is one of the few rounds available today that could fully be considered "obsolete". It offers zero benefit over almost any modern semi-auto handgun cartridge. That being said, a 120ish grain piece of copper and lead moving 800+ FPS is just as deadly now as it was 100 years ago. The capability to put holes in things will always be invaluable regardless of the quality or amount of holes.

    Tl;dr- Old bullet shoot bad, but bad is still pretty good

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Nah, it's a good revolver cartridge.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        And revolvers are obsolete

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          They're only obsolete for emasculated homosexuals who don't spend their days sitting in darkened run down offices sipping straight whisky and chain smoking cigarettes as the next femme fatale pleads her fake sob story as she tries to play you for a sucker and get you to do all her dirty work for her. just like the last dame who walked through that door one hot Los Angeles day, as the sun beat down on all the other poor rubes just trying to make a living. and i don't know if it's that same sun or the girl that's making this office hotter than hell right now as i sit here listening to her repeating practiced lines with blinds across the windows and a pain behind the eyes.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            You are as insufferable, possibly even more, as the moron who enters revolver threads just to shit on them.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Real men don't need to inconvenience and handicap themselves intentionally to try and convince everyone they're men
              At least you're aware you need to put in the extra effort
              Now post a Mad Men pic to show how not mad you are

              lol salty gays mad that someone has a good time on the internet. You could worry more about what you enjoy and less about what others enjoy. Just a thought.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                so true

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Real men don't need to inconvenience and handicap themselves intentionally to try and convince everyone they're men
            At least you're aware you need to put in the extra effort
            Now post a Mad Men pic to show how not mad you are

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Nah.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Yah. Theres a reason no one uses them seriously anymore. They're a novelty.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Show me a good and reliable .44 Magnum automatic which is readily available.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Show me a good and reliable automatic 24 pdr which is readily available. What? You can't? Wow, that means to me that cannons are still viable because I'm a moronic fricking idiot like you
                If you're going to be a LARPer, you can just be a LARPer, just be a man about it and own it

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >has never heard of handgun hunting
                >has never heard of metallic silhouette target shooting
                >has never heard of bear defense
                Anon, it's ok to be gay, it's 2022.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >t. noguns

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      And revolvers are obsolete

      >A 1991 ram 3500 can tow 12,000lbs
      >a 2022 ram 3500 can tow 37,000lbs with the perfect setup and a 5th wheel
      >the trailer you need to tow weighs 4,000lbs
      >truck A is considered obsolete despite exceeding the requirements to do the job by 3 fold because other options can do the same job with the same result but "better".

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        That sounds like a really good argument until you need to tow a 7 ton trailer.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          You wont ever have to tow a 7 ton trailer for the purposes of the analogy. You're a bigger LARPer than revolver chads.
          >n-no you dont get it, I'm gonna take on 17 Yakuza who attack me while I pick up a cheesesteak sandwich all with my handgun and two spare mags
          You're a dumbass. A .38 will handle vast majority of civilian applications pertaining to daily carry self defence. And the ones it wont, you'll die anyway.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          While 7 tons is a common gvwr for trailers to have, I almost never see them behind pickups. It's usually 10k trailers or 14k behind medium duty dump trucks hauling a bobcat to their next job.

  54. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Many people will carry a knife on their left side in case they get in a situation where their right hand is busy, and they need a weapon.
    I think a 38 spl revolver is the ideal weapon for this use case, over a knife.
    So overall, it’s good

  55. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    cheap as frick and plenty powerful.

    It's what I mainly reload for my GP100, but I sometimes go hot with .357. Pic related, I love it so much.

  56. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's special, but like, special needs special.

  57. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    A shush gun. This must be done quietly.
    okay.
    Or call an ambulance but not for me.

  58. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Kills thugs dead!

  59. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    One hater on YT said Buffalo Bore 38+P jumps crimp in a snub. Trufax or bullshit?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Can't base shit on one report. Either get some and test it or get something else. All factory ammo is a crapshoot which is why I carry my own handloads.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That'd be the first time I heard it, maybe he got a bad batch or something? Nobody's perfect.

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