https://gunlab.net/lend-lease-pistols-part-1/ Adventures in gun building! Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://gunlab.net/lend-lease-pistols-part-1/#comment-90052 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 04:30:11 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=6469#comment-90052 The caliber was 38s&w

]]> https://gunlab.net/lend-lease-pistols-part-1/#comment-87209 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:56:47 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=6469#comment-87209 In response to Bob, no, the M & P was first produced in 1899, the same year my Grandmother was born. I had one with a 3 digit serial number produced in 1900, caliber 38 S & W Special. The gun was designed from the very first to be .38 Special. The British 38/200, incidentally, is the same as the .38 S&W, but with a 200 grain bullet.

]]> https://gunlab.net/lend-lease-pistols-part-1/#comment-16985 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 03:20:06 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=6469#comment-16985 Wouldn’t the original caliber have been the .38 S&W and not the .38 S&W Special?

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