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561packrat · September 24, 2008, 10:07 PM

Does a .38 Super cartridge offer anything that a 9mm doesn't provide? Other than being a non-military round in places that have restrictions on ownership. I had a colt 70 gov model in .38 super. It would punch holes in things you pointed it at but the cartridge had a reputation as being inherently inaccurate, something about the rim being supported on 23 degree segment of rim instead of headspacing on case mouth. I bought it because of a soft spot for oddballs and under dogs. But given equally strong, modern actions could a super be loaded to give more perfomance than a hot 9mm?

September 24, 2008, 10:07 PM	#1
561packrat Member Join Date: September 18, 2008 Posts: 16	38 Super VS. 9mm Does a .38 Super cartridge offer anything that a 9mm doesn't provide? Other than being a non-military round in places that have restrictions on ownership. I had a colt 70 gov model in .38 super. It would punch holes in things you pointed it at but the cartridge had a reputation as being inherently inaccurate, something about the rim being supported on 23 degree segment of rim instead of headspacing on case mouth. I bought it because of a soft spot for oddballs and under dogs. But given equally strong, modern actions could a super be loaded to give more perfomance than a hot 9mm?