Colt .38 Special 1911

[Gatorade]

Interesting article on The Firearm Blog about a .38 Special 1911

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/06/13/38-special-colt-1911/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=2014-06-17&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter

[GD2A]

And here I thought you were going to tell us you picked one up ;)

[Gatorade]

Nope, that one will probably be a library loaner. ;)

[milkmanjoe]

I wonder if it will run on .38ACP or 9mm Largo

[Caleb]

Cool......

[Sheepdog]

I'd give $100 for it.:D

[Gatorade]

.38 Wad Cutters were police loads for a a while. Also match ammo. I seem to recall reading the rounded bullet was glancing off glass and sheet metal but the wad cutters hit flat. They may also have some more compression in there for a little more punch. I only wonder about that rim scraping along the next round in the magazine. Could it possibly result in a feed issue? Maybe getting hung up on the rim of the round below it? If I recall correctly Magnum Research made a .357 Desert Eagle but maybe it was .357 Sig?

[Rick McC.]

.38 Wad Cutters were police loads for a a while. Also match ammo. I seem to recall reading the rounded bullet was glancing off glass and sheet metal but the wad cutters hit flat. They may also have some more compression in there for a little more punch. I only wonder about that rim scraping along the next round in the magazine. Could it possibly result in a feed issue? Maybe getting hung up on the rim of the round below it? If I recall correctly Magnum Research made a .357 Desert Eagle but maybe it was .357 Sig?

No; it was the original rimmed revolver round; the .357 S&W Magnum.

I used to own a .44 Mag Desert Eagle.

The .38spl 1911's were for full wadcutter loads only. The COAL was too long in standard .38spl loads.

[Lonestar grips.]

those wadcutter colts are cool!

[BadOscar]

mmm, I love my wadcutter gun. I got a S&W Model 52, super sweet trigger.

[wamphyri13]

When my dad passed a few years back, I was tasked with the job of selling the excess of his firearms purchases for my mom. She told me to keep what I wanted, and sell the rest. One such gun sold was a near mint, Colt MKIII .38special mid range like the one pictured. The exception being, mine was much cleaner. Since I don't reload, it was not one I wanted to keep. I sold it to a guy who knew what it was and what he was after. Got around $1200 for it if I remember right. That's California price. I just wish I was around when he picked it up. In California, you have to do a safety handling demo which includes the use of a snap cap or dummy round. Since you don't see these that often, I would love to have seen the gun store guy trying to figure out what to use.
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Ryan