My uncle was a deputy sheriff in L.A. county. He was one of many involved in putting down the Watts riot.
He carried a 38 Special S&W with target sights and 8” barrel.
He said that the court system made the police look like the bad guys if they carried a “magnum”.
He felt the ammo he used was close to 357 in power. Super-vel if I remember right.
Yeah, I remember reading the articles about Super-Vel in the 1970s.
I very well remember the 38 Super Vels of the ‘70’s. I had friends in law enforcement that had ricochets off of fairly steep angled windshields and one friend that shot at a fleeing felon (yes forbidden today) …..hitting him in the ass. The bullet hit the felon’s wallet, but didn’t penetrate through. It did however, provide enough pain in the Gluteus Maximus that the felons forward speed was severely hampered! 😉 memtb
