The .38 Special was introduced in 1899 in Smith & Wesson’s swingout cylinder Hand Ejector. That revolver was based on the company’s K-frame. Eventually the chambering was added to small J-frames with five-shot capacity, and later to S&W’s large N-frame for a special high-pressure factory load. Colt quickly picked it up for its New Service, Official Police and Police Positive revolvers, although a point to remember is that regardless of frame size, Colt’s double-action .38 Specials were six-shooters. The SAA was also made in .38 Special in all three of its generations of manufacture.
Cartridge designers cannot predict the future of their brainstorms, but if the fellow who drew up specifications for .38 Special lived long enough, he must have been pleased by its acceptance. At one time or the other, the .38 Special and its Smith & Wesson and Colt revolvers were standard issue for virtually every law enforcement organization in the U.S. It rode in leather holsters worn by the most rural of American sheriff’s deputies to U.S. Army helicopter pilots flying in Vietnam.
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