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The .38 S&W is a larger O.D. case than .38 Special and should have larger bullets. But to run off a few, yes you can load them on Special dies. I have done so. They will have kind of a bottleneck or Cokebottle shape but will still shoot as well as you can expect from any of the usual guns in the caliber. The seating die won't reach to crimp but you can apply a little taper crimp by bumping the finished cartridge back into the mouth of the seating die to remove the flare. It is not as though the bullets are going to kick out from the vicious recoil.
.45 ACP dies are correct for .45 AR. You just need the right shellholder. You might want to invest in a roll crimp die if you are going to do a lot or load them heavily.
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