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J Herring

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:42:32 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:00:43 -0400, J Herring
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:33:48 -0400, Earl wrote:

Eisboch wrote:

"J Herring" wrote in message
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I wish Walther made a 9mm in the same size as the PK380.

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Isn't a "380" just a short version of a 9mm round?

My PPK/S is stamped ".9mm - 380 ACP"

They are not interchangeable like a .38/.357 Mag.

Speaking of interchangeability - I came across a box of .38 S&W rounds, which appear almost
identical to the .380 round. They chamber in the .357 revolver just a little more snug than the .38
Specials and the .357 rounds do. When looking for information, I find some who say they cannot be
interchanged with the .38 Special, and some who say they can - if fired in a gun designed for .38
Special - not vice-versa.

The 38 S&W is slightly larger than the .38 spec and they usually will
not chamber. The loading is a lot lower pressure so if you did get one
in the gun it would be safe to fire but extraction could be hard to
do.
The real problem is going the other way. Usually the .38 S&W chamber
is shorter so you can't get a .38 special in there and revolve the
cylinder but if you can, you have a very good chance of splitting the
case when it fires and the pressures in a .38 special are higher than
most of those old .38 S&W guns were designed for.

All of that said. I knew a guy with a .38 S&W who shot regular .38s
out of it and he still had all of his fingers. The cartridge cases
were trashed tho. They all had a fire formed shoulder on them about
1/4" above the rim and sometimes the case mouth split..

I'd never try to shoot an .38 Special in a gun designed for .38S&W, but the other way around sounds
reasonable. The .38S&W is a little more snug, but doesn't require any forcing to get into or out of
the chamber. I may give them a shot next time I'm at the range.

Shot the 39-2 at a friend's house yesterday. Sweet pistol.

Salmonbait

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