Reeder Custom Guns - You hardly ever see anything about the .38 Super

in any other platform besides the 1911 or Commander. Actually a LW Commander set up for it would be great! Can you imagine a Glock 43X or 48 in this? Maybe the little locked breach platforms would be too painful in recoil to market? Barrels too short to benefit from the increased performance potential? The .357 SIG is too fat and takes up many rounds space in comparison.

That little evil rim on the Super can cause grief, I know it does in Glocks. I think a .38 Super can shoot these others with little or no mods? But an easy solution has been in the works by many folks, all at the same time:

"Rimless .38 Super cartridge case variants

In recent years, cases such as the .38 Super Comp, .38 Super Lapua, .38 Super RL (Armscor), and .38 TJ (.38 Todd Jarrett) became available transforming the .38 Super into an almost truly rimless cartridge. These "rimless" cases are somewhat of a misnomer, due to the case rim not retaining the same diameter as the case wall just forward of the extractor groove. A common example is the .38 Super Comp case, which has a semi-rim extending only .003-.004" per side, compared to standard .38 Super which has .007-.009" per side. The main reason for the development of new cases was due to the semi-rimmed .38 Super case not always feeding reliably from the double-stack box-magazines used in several semi-automatic pistols popular with practical shooting sports, such as USPSA or IPSC. The nearly rimless cases improve feeding reliability in these pistols but are intended to be used in firearms that headspace on the case mouth. Other improvements found in some of these cases are modified extractor grooves and increased thickness in key parts of the brass for high pressure loadings."

Kase and Colleen both shot a lot in combat shooting while we were in Florida and both shot custom 38 Supers that we built for them. They were both double stack gripframes and neither ever had any problems. I think some of the "experts" blame that small rim for them not shooting well. Plus all the hooraw about the rim sticking way out there is BS also. A sheet of notebook paper is .005, so a rim sticking out .007 is nothing, at least nothing to cause problems. I knew at least 2 old Texas Rangers that used nothing but Colt 38 Supers and as far as I know they never had any problems. They are long gone now so it would be hard to ask them. Plus some Law Enforcement agencies in the southwest use the 38 super still today. I am not sure what gun it is chambered in but a lot of the old western law enforcement officers still favor the Colt 1911.

We build quite a few 38 supers on the 1911 frame (not as many as we do 45s and 10mms) and other than having a hard time finding decent magazines we haven't had any problems with them feeding and functioning.

For quite a few years and still today, more combat shooters use the 38 super than any other cartridge as it was and is the only caliber that can reach the power factor required in combat shooting and still keep the recoil down to allow the speed shooting required. There are probably thousands of combat shooters that have and still use the 38 super in all their shooting. I am not supposed to call it combat shooting anymore as that might disturb some folks sensitive feelings. Screw 'em. Anyway, if you are worried about the Super not working, put your mind at ease. it has worked for a hundred years and still works.

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person wanted a good one without spending a grand, check out the Rock Island 38 Super. Very well made and doesn't cost a fortune.

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Island guns are junk. For some strange reason guys will believe their moron brother in law (who claims to be an expert on guns) rather than checking them out themselves. I have yet to find a Rock Island 1911 or one of the new 22 Magnum pistols that were inferior in any way.

After collecting and reading the old Colt 38 Super advertisement`s I had to get one...She`s a Special Combat Government in .38 Super from the custom shop... A truly fine handgun...The top right handgun in the photo [image] [image] [image] [image]

IN SELLING THOSE OLD COLT ADS? I THINK YOU KNOW WHY!

them on some vintage looking pages.

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model in one of the 1911s. But once you get into "small" concerning a 1911, you get into jamming problems unless you always have a death grip on the gripframe. I don't like to go below a Commander size 1911.

IS THE SEMI-AUTO EQUIVALENT OF THE.44 SPECIAL. I HAVE 1911/COMMANDERS FROM COLT, WILSON, KIMBER AND SPRINGFIELD. I'M SATISFIED [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image]

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It's has always worked great for me. Wish Ruger would do their 1911 in it...

Limited Custom in 38 Super that shoots very smoothly.
Also have an older Taurus 1911 38 Super that shoots good and never have feeding problems.

Sean

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