.38 S&W black powder

[Waya]

  Dang,, I've got several hundred emptie rounds of .38 S&W's and some factory loads as well.
Got them many moons ago when I had a .36 cal Steel framed Sheriffs mod. Kit Gun that I converted with the old Legal Defender Conversion unit.

  I found two more old Legal Defender Conversion units and plan on converting a couple of Uberti Navy's with them after I ream and throat the cylinder chambers out for either .38 Long Colt or .41 Long Colt.

  I've sent an order for a couple of Loading gates so I can fit them to the legal Defender Conversion Rings, and have already finished them out to fit hammers with fixed firing pins.

  Back then I payed around $7.00 a box for the .38 S&W's,,, Factory Loads !!

  Got a Uberti Pocket Police I'm making a Conversion ring and Cylinder for, so I'll be reloading the .38 S&W's !!

.

[DArchangel]

Gren,out of Washington, I think, made them up in the 70s or 80s.There was another co. but cant recall the name

[Grapeshot]

Years ago I found some .38 S&W rounds at the range I was working at.  The boss had an old WW2 S&W M-10 M&P chambered  for the British .380/200 our .38 S&W with a 200 ghrain bullet.

Any how I decided to see how accurate this revolver was and loaded up thoose .38 S&W's in the cylinder.  The first round I fired gave a stout report and a cloud of white smoke.  Out od the 6 rounds that were loaded in that pistol, four fired.  The two that didn't I pulled apart and found a tightly packed charge of a finely grained powder.  I didn't think to weigh the charge.

Yeah I know, I shouldn't have fired the others after seeing the white smoke.

Oh Yeah, the flash hole was larger than the stuff they produce now.