

) Most of these guns originally had 5" barrels, dull black phosphate finish, and smooth walnut grips. (The reasons for adopting such a wimpy round as a military service cartridge have been hotly debated ever since it first happened, but we'll leave that for another thread. 38/200 by the Brits it's an old low-powered round used in 19th-century S&W top-break revolvers. 38 Smith & Wesson (.38S&W), which was called.

Great Britain received hundreds of thousands of S&W revolvers during WWII, both through the Lend-Lease program and outright purchase. a lot of this is rehashed from earlier in the thread, but I'll save people the trouble of searching back. OK, a little history lesson about these guns. 38 S&W British Service revolver (WWII made on the K frame, concurrent with the Victory model) that later has the chambers bored through to allow.
