Now I can shoot my .38 again

CLT65 · Dec 2, 2020

This thread is a little bit tongue-in-cheek, because I really don't need any more .38 Special ammo, but I found something interesting while sorting through some brass I got a while back.

Large pistol primers are a little bit easier to find than small pistol right now, so this old brass could come in handy.

DizzyJ · Dec 2, 2020

washagonian · Dec 3, 2020

It's the little surprises in life that make a good day.

Stomper · Dec 3, 2020

washagonian said:
It's the little surprises in life that make a good day.

Especially during a hot, steamy shower! :s0023:

Mikej · Dec 3, 2020

Apparently out of the '50s-early '60s. I found ONE single Peter's brass in my collection of used .38 I bought when I started reloading in 2011.

.38 Special Brass with LARGE Primer Pockets!

Anybody else ever encounter these: 165863 I was down helping Dad turn out some of our FBI Load clones today, and we ran into about 50 of these among our brass from the stash of a departed handloader. Spotted the problem when they wouldn't take a primer from the auto feed. These are...

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They must not have made many millions of rounds of it or more of it would have snuck in our brass collections. It does throw you a curve ball when you're priming while watching TV .