Reeder Custom Guns - Does the .38 pistol get it's name from

WB
Does the .38 pistol get it's name from
Thursday, October 25, 2018, 12:50

the heeled bullet, same diameter as the case at around .380? Or is it the .375 diameter bulleted ".36 Cap & Ball" adapted to heeled bullet rimfire (.380)?

The truth is mixed up in there someplace.

Because I Can - Jim Taylor, 2018-10-25, 10:54
- I was in error about the bullet .. it's for the Colt 44 - Jim Taylor, 2018-10-25, 11:26
  - Targets - Jim Taylor, 2018-10-25, 11:30
- Nicely done Jim. (nm) - SPB, 2018-10-25, 11:17
- I've always wondered... - WB, 2018-10-25, 11:07
  - I've shot 44's out of the 45 Colt - Jim Taylor, 2018-10-25, 11:34
  - It can't move because of the "step" in the chamber - Jim Taylor, 2018-10-25, 11:24
    - We had one cartridge that was reloaded 1200 times - Jim Taylor, 2018-10-25, 11:28
      - I first read of this in an article by Val Forgett (sp?) - WB, 2018-10-25, 12:46
- I love it!!! (nm) - bigboar, 2018-10-25, 11:05
  - Does the .38 pistol get it's name from - WB, 2018-10-25, 12:50
    - Maybe certain numbers are more acceptable? (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2018-10-25, 13:35