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Stopped my Gunsmiths shop Thursday to get some small pistol primers, was going through his shelf of wares, there lay a bag of Starline brass, I picked it up, low and behold, it was 100 factory primed 38 Super brass cases, yesterday morning I hit the case mouths with a VLD tool, made sure the primers were fully seated, then set 100 of the 125 grain Barnes copper buzzsaws over 7 grains Lonshot powder, COL 1.250 inch, it's a great shooting accurate load in my LW Commander 38 Super.

IIRC load runs around 1300 fps.

Very interesting cartridge. Mines a 5” Colt that thinks it’s a target pistol. Really it’s a ten shot 357

I didn't realize Starline factory primed cases?

The 38 Super is a dandy cartridge.

You bet Frank, my little LW Commander is more accurate than it should be for a stock Colt 1911, it has been highly dependable, never a FTF/FTE, I carry it with 10 round Tripp mags with complete confidence.

Hawk, it's a very old bag of brass, it was 18 bucks out the door , could have swore it was sealed, that said, factory or done by someone who never got around to loading them, I did make sure the primers were fully seated, shot 5 rounds for fit/function, all good.

Nice pistol Fireball.

I have a 38 Super in a S&W performance center 8 shot revolver & it also shoots very well with Longshot. Fast becoming one of my favorite powders. Would like to find a 1911 Super to go along with it.

Dick

It's a great round Dick, oddly enough, for the performance you get, recoil is nil, even in my LW Commander, bet that S&WPC revolver is a nail driver.

Dick
Rock Island makes a 1911 in .38 super. They are good guns for the money. I have one and it is quite accurate and dependable so far. Have about 1200 rds thru it with no troubles.