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I saw 38S+W for sale online, as well as 38short colt
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I am not totally sure on that - but suspect it is another designation - someone else may know for sure.
I originally cheated with my .38 S&W in a couple of old top-break Enfields, and turned down .38 spl cases, loading with my 125 grain lead RN's that I used for 9mm. Used light load of Bullseye.
BUT! The dia for this cal is for lead (per Lyman) listed as .361, whereas for 38 spl .360 - both allowing some useful over-sizing for swaging in use. My normal .38 spl lead bullets I sized at .358 usually.
My normal 9mm 125's were sized .356 - but I used them unsized and ''got away with it''! Not ideal but good enough for the odd plink! In fact even the case dia is slightly different - .3865 for the S&W against .379 for the spl. I reckoned that this was no biggie and cases would be fire-formed after first use.
Main thing is - slug the barrel and see what you need for bullet size - and certainly if pos' - keep looking for the ammo. You could consider too getting some Starline brass for these and then load them yourself.
I still have some factory ammo by Rem - 88 grain lead bullets.