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.38 Special re-manufactured/reloaded ammunition for target shooting, training, and the casual day at the range. Noted for its excellent accuracy and manageable recoil which is handled better by novice, new and young shooters, the .38 Special is the most popular revolver cartridge in the world more than a century after its introduction.
The .38 Special was introduced in 1898 as an improvement over the .38 Long Colt which, as a military service cartridge, was found to have inadequate stopping power against the charges of Moro warriors during the Philippine-American War.
Upon its introduction, the .38 Special was originally loaded with black powder, but the cartridge's popularity caused manufacturers to offer smokeless powder loadings within a year of its introduction.
Due to its black powder heritage, the .38 Special is a low pressure cartridge, one of the lowest in common use today at 17,000 PSI. By modern standards, the .38 Special fires a medium-sized bullet at rather low speeds. Bishop Ammunition loads its .38 Special ammunition with a 158 Gr. copper plated double struck bullet made by X-Treme Bullets.
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