Originally Posted by 30Gibbs
Originally Posted by shrapnel
Originally Posted by Marc
I think the lower price is just because the 38-56 doesn't have the romance of the other cartridges it was chambered in. They are heavy!


The 38-56 came out in 1887, answering a question that was never asked. Not an improvement on anything, but much as the Short Magnums of today, a way to produce another caliber to sell more guns.



I got to laugh with you on that one!

For about 35 years the Big W brought out a .38 and .40 caliber to go along with each new .44/.45 case that they introduced, yet the performance of each load was so similar in each series that you wondered why they went to all the bother.
Just like today, marketing, marketing, marketing. Some things never change.

Rich or poor, it pays to have money.