. . . But why think up the 38 Super when the 9mm Luger existed since 1902? If the 38 Super had some advantage over the 9mm Luger, why are there so many 9mm Lugers today?
The 9mm Luger was developed for the effeminate European men who couldn't handle the recoil of a .45ACP nor the ultra fast .38 Super. Come to think of it, half the effeminate European men couldn't handle the 9mm Luger either, so they even reduced it to 9mm Kurz and built the Walther PP to handle it. They trembled as they moved up from the mild .32ACP to the hand wrenching power of the .380
Even James Bond recoiled at the thought of trading in his .32 Beretta for a 7.65mm PPK.
