The.38 Special, also commonly known as.38 S&W Special,.38 Smith & Wesson Special,.38 Spl,.38 Spc, or 9×29mmR is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson.
.38 Special cartridge
First model M&P revolver designed in 1899 for the .38 Special cartridge. This particular revolver left the factory in 1900.
Smith & Wesson M&P in .38 Special produced in 1899
A .38 Special Jacketed Soft Point round
The Smith & Wesson Model 10, previously known as the Smith & Wesson.38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899, the Smith & Wesson Military & Police or the Smith & Wesson Victory Model, is a K-frame revolver. In p
.38 Special
…and more powerful .357 Magnum cartridge will usually not chamber and fire in weapons rated specifically for .38 Special (e.g., all versions of the Smith & Wesson Model 10), which are not designed to handle the greatly increased pressure of magnum rounds. Both .38 Special and .357 Magnum will chamber in Colt New Army…
The first Model M&P of 1899, six-inch barrel. The ejector rod is free-standing, without the under-barrel latch of later models
The lockwork of the first model differed substantially from subsequent versions. The trigger return spring is a flat leaf rather than the coil spring-powered slide used in variations dating from 1905 onwards.
Smith & Wesson 1905 4th change 1915 Target model. "NRA" Slow Fire at 25 yards. The hammer was added later and is in the general form of the King Gun Shop modification usually intended for the timed and rapid-fire portions of the NRA course.