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You can fire the .38 LC in the .38 Special wheelgun all you want, but the .38 S&W will not fit.
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I know the dimensions say it won't fit, but, from a practical standpoint it depends on the specific gun and the particular ammunition in question.
One of the guys in the gun club has shot a good deal .38S&W through his .357Mag revolver and poking around on the web reveals that it's not that hard to find others with similar experiences.
Some of the counterexamples involve vintage .38S&W ammunition. I suspect that modern S&W may be more likely to work and, further, that the reason for that is that some of the current ammo manufacturers are intentionally making their .38S&W just enough undersize that it will usually chamber in .38Spl/.357Mag revolvers.