Your idea sounds pretty interesting to me, even though I do not know a whole lot about gun cartridges. I am not sure on the legalities of this, but maybe if you did design a working model you could patent it or something? Or maybe just keep it as your own secret "illegal" toy >:)
Excuse my ignorance, but could you explain to me the difference between a .38, .38special, and a .38magnum? I know that the magnum is the biggest round, but I just don't know what the "special" means really.
My idea about converting a 10mm to .44 caliber was drunken BS, by the way, so probably NOT such a great idea. As for a .44 auto caliber, I very well may design it someday. Shouldn't be any legal issues, just wildcatting.
As for the cartridges you mentioned, the "special" was just a popular buzz phrase from the late 1800's. All cartridges of a nominal ".38" caliber actually use bullets of .357 diameter (.358 for cast bullets, normally.) In order of ascending potency, there is the:
- .38 S&W
- .38 Short Colt
- .38 Long Colt
- .38 Special
- .357 Magnum
There are more, but they're evidently not important enough for me to remember. All but the latter two are basically defunct. The .38 special is one of the most popular handgun rounds in the world, and can be found in virtually any store that sells ammo, and some that don't, very cheaply. It is almost identical in performance to the 9mm cartridge, at least with +power loads in modern revolvers.
The .357 Magnum is a cartridge built off of the .38 special; ammo for the latter can be used in nearly all firearms chambered for the former. The .38 Special was originally a black powder cartridge, which is not nearly as potent as modern smokeless powders. The .357 Magnum was built around sturdy target revolvers that could withstand the pressure of .38 special cases filled to the brim with smokeless powder, and the case was lengthened so that it could not chamber in other .38 special firearms, which would be unsafe. This lengthening also made room for more powder still, and thus more velocity. Most cartridges with the name "magnum" were built the same way.
The .357 Magnum has the highest "one stop shot" rating of any handgun cartridge in existence, but that's only because I haven't killed anyone with one of my .44 Magnum handloads yet.
There are also some auto calibers named ".38" something rather, but they all use .355 bullets like the 9mm, as far as I know.
A good way to learn more about different calibers is to simply look at their range of ballistics in a load data manual. My favorite free online one is Hodgdons:
Is it normal that I wish there was a .44Special semi-auto?
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Your idea sounds pretty interesting to me, even though I do not know a whole lot about gun cartridges. I am not sure on the legalities of this, but maybe if you did design a working model you could patent it or something? Or maybe just keep it as your own secret "illegal" toy >:)
Excuse my ignorance, but could you explain to me the difference between a .38, .38special, and a .38magnum? I know that the magnum is the biggest round, but I just don't know what the "special" means really.
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My idea about converting a 10mm to .44 caliber was drunken BS, by the way, so probably NOT such a great idea. As for a .44 auto caliber, I very well may design it someday. Shouldn't be any legal issues, just wildcatting.
As for the cartridges you mentioned, the "special" was just a popular buzz phrase from the late 1800's. All cartridges of a nominal ".38" caliber actually use bullets of .357 diameter (.358 for cast bullets, normally.) In order of ascending potency, there is the:
- .38 S&W
- .38 Short Colt
- .38 Long Colt
- .38 Special
- .357 Magnum
There are more, but they're evidently not important enough for me to remember. All but the latter two are basically defunct. The .38 special is one of the most popular handgun rounds in the world, and can be found in virtually any store that sells ammo, and some that don't, very cheaply. It is almost identical in performance to the 9mm cartridge, at least with +power loads in modern revolvers.
The .357 Magnum is a cartridge built off of the .38 special; ammo for the latter can be used in nearly all firearms chambered for the former. The .38 Special was originally a black powder cartridge, which is not nearly as potent as modern smokeless powders. The .357 Magnum was built around sturdy target revolvers that could withstand the pressure of .38 special cases filled to the brim with smokeless powder, and the case was lengthened so that it could not chamber in other .38 special firearms, which would be unsafe. This lengthening also made room for more powder still, and thus more velocity. Most cartridges with the name "magnum" were built the same way.
The .357 Magnum has the highest "one stop shot" rating of any handgun cartridge in existence, but that's only because I haven't killed anyone with one of my .44 Magnum handloads yet.
There are also some auto calibers named ".38" something rather, but they all use .355 bullets like the 9mm, as far as I know.
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"but that's only because I haven't killed anyone with one of my .44 Magnum handloads yet."
Haha, you crack me up man. Thanks for clearing all that up for me too about the different calibers, I appreciate it.
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A good way to learn more about different calibers is to simply look at their range of ballistics in a load data manual. My favorite free online one is Hodgdons:
<a href="http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp" rel="nofollow">http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp</a>
It's pretty user friendly, and is only missing a handful of cartridges (they still don't have the 5X7 cop killer).
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Alright, I'll check it out.
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I thought you were interested in sucking cocks!