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echo: guns
to: JOHN SANDOW
from: VERN HUMPHREY
date: 1996-05-31 06:41:00
subject: .40S&W mach 2 plus!

JS>VH>JS>I have no idea as to the case capacity of a .38-200.  What in blazes 
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JS>VH>JS>a .38-200?  Anything like a .38-40?
JS>VH>It's the .38 S&W loaded with a 200 grain bullet.  It's the issue
JS>VH>cartridge for Enfield revolvers and similar British weapons.
JS>Ah.  I see.  Just like the .338-06 is a 338grain bullet 6mm in
JS>diameter...  
Right -- and the .45-70 is a 45 grain bullet in a .70 caliber rifle. :-)
But you have only to look at the .38-200 and see its origin "A 200 grain
bullet in a .38 S&W?  GOT to be British engineering!!"
Or as a friend of mine says "Why do the British drink warm beer?
Because Lucas makes their refrigerators!!"
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