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Yeah, this is an itch that needs to scratched...

If you were going to buy a new 38 Super today, what one would you spring for?


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Just bought one a couple weeks ago and can't quit carrying it, it's quickly becoming my favorite everyday piece.

Colt TALO LW Commander, have two loads worked up for it, the 124 gr Rainier plated fmj flat points and the 125 gr Barnes HP's for serious work, both bullets powered in the neighborhood of 1325 fps with Longshot powder, it's really a sweet little shooter and highly addictive.


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Depends what you want it for...as gunner indicated the Colt TALO Commander is the finest out of the box .38 Super for carrying Colt has ever made...

If you want a GREAT all-around shooter take a look at the Kimber Stainess Target II. Very accurate, BoMar style sights and can be found for right around a grand...add a Kimber .22 Conversion Unit and a 9mm barrel and you have total versatility in one gun...

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Read that Colt stuff & drooled on my keyboard...

Dispatching chupacabra is the best reason I can come up with currently.


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Wish Ruger would make their Commander in one. Really been impressed with their 1911's at that price point.


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38 Super in the LW would be welcome


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Another vote for the TALO Colt, that's one nice Super right there.

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Originally Posted by tomk
38 Super in the LW would be welcome


Do it Tomk, Gunsinternational had one advertised by Cabelas for around $1025 IIRC.


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...some more "encouragement".... grin

Out of the box....

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With arched mainspring housings silver trigger to match my other Supers...


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With the 9x23 barrel and standards width grips...

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...and new Dawson adjustable rear sight...

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Originally Posted by gunner500
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38 Super in the LW would be welcome


Do it Tomk, Gunsinternational had one advertised by Cabelas for around $1025 IIRC.


Saw the listing in the 26th, went and looked last night and couldn't find it, there is one for 1250 though.


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Nice work Bob. grin


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yeah, looked--gone.

This "scarcity marketing" for all things that shoot erodes my fiscal resolve...you guys ain't helping...:)


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Glad to be of service Sir. wink


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My 38 Super...

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I am totally enjoying this thread! A 38 Super 1911 will be on my short list of guns to aquire when I am back in an aquisition mode, for sure.

How does the 38 Super stack up with other rounds for one shot stops etc? Anyone have data or such for it? With the right bullets, it seems to be it should be right there with the 357Magnum 125gr loads which were considered pretty effective for a long time. If Hornaday were to make a Critical Duty load for it, that one would have to be a pretty snappy and capable loading, one would assume.


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The .38 Super is, for all intents and purposes, a .357 Magnum. The .357 is still king of one-shot stop data.

Imagine a .357 Sig with a straight-wall case for the 1911. That's the Super and it was the "Sig" 65 years before the Sig came out.


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38 Super was the first pistol I ever owned. 1911 70's series that came ANIB and that box was a small cardboard one.

Got it in the 90's for 500 bucks - shot it, loved it and then sold it for 500 bucks. Idiot.


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You're in good company...

Well, not sure about the "good" part but when it comes to Colts and Superposed I am certainly in the idiot category...


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nice...did it come that way, or smithed?


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Originally Posted by tomk
nice...did it come that way, or smithed?


If you're asking me, mine is a full blown custom by Benchmark Precision.

Here it is on BP's website...

http://www.benchmark-precision.com/nm148208-springfield-38-super-fixed.html

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