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Where can you find 38 s and w ammo?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Look in the better stocked gun shops or sporting goods stores. The 38 S&W cartridge predates the 38 Special (actually called the 38 S&W Special) by about 20 years and is a lower power cartridge. There are fewer guns chambered for the 38 S&W so the demand is much lower.

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