Posted: 4/28/2026 5:18:49 PM EDT
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I have two old boxes of ammo marked 38 Auto Colt. From what I’m reading this is the same dimensionality as .38 Super but lower pressure meaning I can fire the ammo in a modern .38 Super pistol correct? |
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Originally Posted By LittleAugieMo: STOP RIGHT THERE! that ammo can be hard to find. Sell to someoe that has a Colt that requires it. What you get $$$ wise may suprise you. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1173750076 
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Originally Posted By Bowhntr6pt: "HIGH VELOCITY" was a trade name Remington used. Originally Posted By Bowhntr6pt: Originally Posted By backbencher: Given that it says High Velocity on the box, makes me wonder if that was Remington's designation for .38 Super at the time, not .38 ACP. "HIGH VELOCITY" was a trade name Remington used.  That wouldn't seem exclusive to Remington, given that there was a significant difference in velocity between standard velocity .22 LR & "High Velocity" .22 LR starting in the 1930's.
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Originally Posted By backbencher: That wouldn't seem exclusive to Remington, given that there was a significant difference in velocity between standard velocity .22 LR & "High Velocity" .22 LR starting in the 1930's.Seems I read it somewhere... could be wrong though. |
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Originally Posted By AK-12: You can safely shoot it in any .38 Super, but I'd either keep it or sell it to a collector or somebody who has an actual .38 ACP that they can't shoot .38 Super out of. Sell the ammunition and use that money to buy more .38 Super. (I want to buy some Buffalo Bore .32+p ammunition to shoot in my all-steel Zastava M70 and my Tanfoglio Titan II.) |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Rock Islands are back in stock at Lipsey's. "Señor, here is your .38 Super."  I just saw a flyer for a all gold kimber with EL PATRON on the slide. Tempting. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Given that it says High Velocity on the box, makes me wonder if that was Remington's designation for .38 Super at the time, not .38 ACP. I chronographed rounds from a box like that back in the 1980s. It was less than a 1000FPS from a Government model, weaker than listed velocities for .38 ACP. I still have a full box left. |