With all these 1911 9mm's out there
WB
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Saturday, November 12, 2022, 09:26 (1360 days ago)
what does it take to make them shoot .38 Super?
What about that round that is the rimless .38 Super (not that Hyper Win. round)? Seems using that brass for running a .38 Super gun would give best of all. The .38 Super Comp and .38 TJ, basically just modified .38 Super brass for greater reliability.
You have to have a 38 Super barrel plus the slide needs to
Gary Reeder
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Saturday, November 12, 2022, 13:24 (1360 days ago) @ WB
be for a 38 Super. Years ago Kase and Colleen were both shooting in the combat shoots in Florida. We built each of them a hi cap 38 Super. The people they were shooting against didn't even pick up their fired brass as they were loading them HOT to make the power factor needed to compete with the guys shooting 45 ACP. Nobody picked up their fired brass as it was bulged so bad as to be not usable a second time. I would spend hours just about every evening loading 38 Super for them to practice with and for the shoots every mid week and weekend. Probably 90% of the brass they shot was only good for one firing. The extractor and ejectors were replaced pretty often also. They both ran thru probably 200 rounds of 38 Super brass per week per person. Neither of them still shoot in the combat shoots so I am not familiar with any of the new specialty 38 Super rounds.
Ignorance is bliss, in my case
steve todd
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Saturday, November 12, 2022, 21:46 (1360 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
I put a 38 Super barrel in my Rock Island 9mm 1911. The Rock Island is a ramped barrel, and doesn’t bulge brass, and the ramped 38 Super barrel from Fusion Arms supports the case far enough that i haven’t bulged any 38 Super or 38TJ brass. The extractor in my 9mm was a little on the loose side, even with tensioning so i replaced it with a 9mm extractor from Fusion Arms, i did modify the extractor a little bit and had to blunt the forward end because it was hitting the back of the barrels chamber area. It has run fine with an 18lb recoil spring.
Vihtavouri N105 powder and published data at the higher pressure actually does run the lighter and medium weight bullets up close to 357 Magnum territory. Accurate #7 looks like it may do the same, but i can’t find any these days….and the N105 does great anyway.
The most i’ve reloded cases is 5 times, and i do lose quite a few. But i really like the cartridge. It isn’t as powerful as a 10mm, but it shoots a bit flatter.
I knew the ejector on the frame was
WB
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Saturday, November 12, 2022, 22:09 (1360 days ago) @ steve todd
different on the .45 frames, unique to the 9mm or .38 Super. The extractor I can understand too.
Humorously I run a 9mm Luger barrel (custom made for a Glock 20) on a Glock 21 slide (and SF frame using 10mm Mags) which runs well using a 9 or 11 lb. slide. I forget the actual weight. For plinking it does fine and hits POA for some reason. Back when 9mm was $8/50 I shot quite a bit of it. The "sloppy" Glock extractor works from .45 to 9mm perfectly, ejector knocks everything clear and no dents. Since the slide "hood" cut out is .45 wide all Glock 20 barrels fit and headspace is fine.
Yep, ejector is same for 9mm & 38 Super
steve todd
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Saturday, November 12, 2022, 23:56 (1360 days ago) @ WB
Magazines are different because of the cartridge length difference.
I couldn’t find a Rock Island 38 Super, i know they made them a year or 2 ago, they might still make them, i just couldn’t find one.
The 6 inch slide and barrel for the 10mm from Fusion, that i put on my 10mm Rock Island frame was such a success that i kinda got the bug to play with 1911s again. I’m considering a 9x25 Dillon barrel for the 10mm too.
Those Glocks are amazing, i believe my 1911 10mm will shoot 40S&W, but i don’t remember if i tried it or not. I doubt it will feed reliably, but the FK BRNO feeds and shoots 40S&W in the 10mm barrel, no problem.
It’s late, i’m rambling, sorry.
several years back Cylinder and Slide shop offered
jthomson
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Saturday, November 12, 2022, 13:46 (1360 days ago) @ WB
conversion kits for a Browning Hi-power that converted them to a 40 something. The kit functioned fine as I recall until the frames started cracking, Wasn't from the conversion kit, it was due to running to high of loads thru a frame designed for a 9mm. I would suggest you would have similar problems with a conversation to 9X21 or 9X23 or a super, All 3 run way hotter than a 9mm +p