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logeorge · September 24, 2012, 02:09 PM

Doc Hoy: The .38-40 is totally different from any .38 caliber. It is actually .40 cal. and the case is longer and of bottleneck shape. Nothing about it interchanges with anything except that the case is the same as a .44-40 necked down to .40 cal. L. O. G.

September 24, 2012, 02:09 PM	#10
logeorge Member Join Date: December 24, 2007 Location: Ardmore, AL Posts: 68	.38-40 Doc Hoy: The .38-40 is totally different from any .38 caliber. It is actually .40 cal. and the case is longer and of bottleneck shape. Nothing about it interchanges with anything except that the case is the same as a .44-40 necked down to .40 cal. L. O. G.