The .38 Short Colt, also known as .38 SC, is a heeled bullet cartridge intended for metallic cartridge conversions of the cap and ball Colt 1851 Navy Revolver...
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for the Colt M1892 revolver. The metric designation for the .38 Long Colt is 9.1×26mm. It is slightly more powerful than the .38 Short Colt, also known...
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the .38 Special is identical to the .38 Short Colt, .38 Long Colt, and .357 Magnum. This nearly identical nature of the three rounds allows a .38 Special...
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the case. 10 mm caliber Colt Model 1877 .45 Colt .45 Schofield .41 Short .32 Long Colt .38 Short Colt .38 Long Colt .44 Colt .41 Magnum .41 Special List...
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chambered in .38 Special, .38 Colt New Police, .32 Colt New Police, and .22 Long Rifle. It holds six shots of ammunition and was sold by Colt from 1950 until...
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by the .38 Long Colt in 1892. Although there has never been a ".45 Short Colt" cartridge, the .45 Colt is frequently called the ".45 Long Colt" (.45 LC)...
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The .38 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as the .38 Auto, .38 Automatic, or 9×23mmSR, is a semi-rimmed pistol cartridge that was introduced at...
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1877 Colt Thunderer is considered by collectors too valuable to shoot. 10 mm caliber Colt Model 1877 .45 Colt .45 Schofield .41 Short .32 Long Colt .38 Short...
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The .38 S&W, also commonly known as .38 S&W Short (referred to as such to differentiate it from .38 Long Colt and .38 Special), 9×20mmR, .38 Colt NP (New...
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The Colt Police Positive is a small-frame, double-action revolver featuring a six-round cylinder, chambered for either .32 or .38 caliber. A .22 caliber...
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and the first Colt pistol to be chambered in 9mm Parabellum. Colt made several variations of the Commander and offered it in .45 ACP and .38 Super chamberings...
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The Colt Model 1900 is a short-recoil operated "self-loading", or semi-automatic .38 caliber handgun introduced by Colt's Manufacturing Company at the...
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38 Special, and .357 Magnum caliber cartridges. Designed as a less expensive alternative to the upscale Colt .357 and the later Colt Python and Colt King...
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The Colt quickly gained favor over the S&W and remained the primary U.S. military sidearm until 1892 when it was replaced by the .38 Long Colt caliber...
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ACP .32 ACP .32 Short Colt .32 Long Colt .38 ACP .38 Super .380 ACP .38 Short Colt .38 Long Colt .41 Long Colt .44 Colt .45 ACP .45 Colt United States portal...
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Breech-loading .22 Short .22 Long .32 Long Colt .38 Long Colt .41 Short Colt .41 Long Colt Colt Model 1855 Sidehammer Pocket Revolver Colt Pocket Percussion...
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.38 caliber is a frequently used name for the caliber of firearms and firearm cartridges. The .38 is a large firearm cartridge (anything larger than .32...
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than the Colt Official Police or Smith & Wesson Model 10 (K-Frame) revolvers, but is larger than the five-shot Smith & Wesson Model 36/Model 38/Model 42...
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Colt eventually made the Lightning Rifle in three different frame sizes, to accommodate a wide range of cartridges, from .22 Short caliber and .38-40...
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who started with Colt in 1946 as a gunsmith, worked with factory superintendent Al Gunther. De John started to tinker with the .38 Special Officer's...
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The Colt Infantry Automatic Rifle 6940 (commonly shortened to Colt IAR or IAR6940), is a Light machine gun designed by Phil Hinckley and manufactured by...
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but had a barrel one half inch shorter, at 7.5 inches. Total production was 38,000 revolvers. Like its forerunner, the Colt 1851 Navy Revolver, it saw widespread...
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.357 Remington Maximum (category Articles with short description)
chamber and fire the .360 Dan Wesson, .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .38 Long Colt, and .38 Short Colt cartridges. Intended primarily as a silhouette cartridge...
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.357 Magnum (redirect from .38 Magnum)
bullet diameter. The .38 Special nomenclature relates to the previous use of heeled bullets (such as the .38 Short Colt and .38 Long Colt), which were the...
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The Colt Diamondback is a revolver manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, in calibers of .22 LR and .38 Special. Inspired...
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The Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer was a short-recoil, semi-automatic pistol, designed by the American arms designer John Browning. It was a compact version...
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M1911 pistol (redirect from Colt M1911/M1911A1)
The Colt M1911 (also known as 1911, Colt 1911 or Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic...
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Revolver (category Articles with short description)
safely chamber .38 Special, .38 Long Colt, and .38 Short Colt; while revolvers in .22 WMR can chamber .22 Long Rifle, .22 Long, and .22 Short, it is not safe...
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The Colt Official Police is a medium frame, double-action revolver with a six-round cylinder, primarily chambered for the .38 Special cartridge, and manufactured...
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List of firearms (C) (category Articles with short description)
38–40 WCF, .38 Colt, .41 Colt, .44-40 WCF, .45 Colt, .455 Webley, .476 Eley) Colt M1889 (US – Double-Action Revolver – .38 Long Colt, .38 Short Colt,...
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