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<blockquote data-quote="Z71" data-source="post: 2795823" data-attributes="member: 26805"><p>I owned a Llama .38 Super-auto back in the day(like 1980's)...at that time the only ammo in the stores(most had none at all) you could find were Remington 130gr hollowpoints which my Llama jammed constantly with...but you could also find Remington .38 acp which is an older low pressure version of the .38 Super. The .38acp was ball ammo and worked fine in my Llama .38 Super.</p><p></p><p>The .38 Super is a semi-rimmed case identical to the .38acp(not same as .380acp)...the .32acp is another semi-rimmed case....lots of cartridges very similar to .38 Super/.38acp such as 9mm Browning long, 9mm Largo, 9mm Steyr(I own one of these), 9x21 Winchester, etc however supposedly none are interchangeable.</p><p></p><p>The main issue with .38 Super ammo is not to use it in ancient Colt pistols chambered for .38acp..however you can use .38acp ammo in a .38 Super(like my hollowpoint hating Llama)</p><p></p><p>I have not looked for .38 Super ammo but I bet it's a rarity in any local stores...will be either mailorder or reloading project I imagine....Back in the day Fred Bakers(Outdoor America) was the only place around that had it....sometimes I would see some at gunshows...but not an issue for me now as I swapped-off the Llama decades ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Z71, post: 2795823, member: 26805"] I owned a Llama .38 Super-auto back in the day(like 1980's)...at that time the only ammo in the stores(most had none at all) you could find were Remington 130gr hollowpoints which my Llama jammed constantly with...but you could also find Remington .38 acp which is an older low pressure version of the .38 Super. The .38acp was ball ammo and worked fine in my Llama .38 Super. The .38 Super is a semi-rimmed case identical to the .38acp(not same as .380acp)...the .32acp is another semi-rimmed case....lots of cartridges very similar to .38 Super/.38acp such as 9mm Browning long, 9mm Largo, 9mm Steyr(I own one of these), 9x21 Winchester, etc however supposedly none are interchangeable. The main issue with .38 Super ammo is not to use it in ancient Colt pistols chambered for .38acp..however you can use .38acp ammo in a .38 Super(like my hollowpoint hating Llama) I have not looked for .38 Super ammo but I bet it's a rarity in any local stores...will be either mailorder or reloading project I imagine....Back in the day Fred Bakers(Outdoor America) was the only place around that had it....sometimes I would see some at gunshows...but not an issue for me now as I swapped-off the Llama decades ago. [/QUOTE]
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