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  • Bullseye Shooter

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    I've bought two of their mags for my Clark 1911A1 .38 Special conversion. The price is substantially below what I would have paid for an original Colt mag and they work. I did have one that had a problem, but I sent it back and they replaced it no charge. The .38 Special mag is engineered a little differently than a std 1911 mag but they seem to have figured it out.

    I also had a couple of their mags for the High Standard military grip series of pistols. Again, they worked and the price was right.

    Their name is based on the last name of the founders of the company.
     

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    I've bought two of their mags for my Clark 1911A1 .38 Special conversion. The price is substantially below what I would have paid for an original Colt mag and they work. I did have one that had a problem, but I sent it back and they replaced it no charge. The .38 Special mag is engineered a little differently than a std 1911 mag but they seem to have figured it out.

    I also had a couple of their mags for the High Standard military grip series of pistols. Again, they worked and the price was right.

    Their name is based on the last name of the founders of the company.
    38 Special?? You mean 38 Super??
     

    Bullseye Shooter

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    For Bullseye matches it allows you to shoot full wadcutters rather than semi-wadcutters or round nose bullets. In fact, the mag only allows you to shoot full wadcutters. Anything longer won't fit. The mag only hold 5 rounds. The .38 Special is one of the most inherently accurate cartridges out there. I've shot lots of "cleans" at 25 yards with my Clark. The only disadvantage is when it's windy during the 50 yard slow fire stage. Mine, in a Ransom rest, will shoot inch and half groups at 50 yards. S&W used to chamber their Model 52 in .38 Special as well. Guys pay a premium for them on GunBroker, when they can find one.

    I still shoot the std Bullseye powder load of 2.7 grains with either a Hornady 148 grain HBWC or Remington HBWC. Seems to work for me. Of course, it requires a 7 pound recoil spring rather than the factory std 16 pound spring for a .45 ACP pistol.
     

    dbgun

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    I also had a couple of their mags for the High Standard military grip series of pistols. Again, they worked and the price was right.

    Their name is based on the last name of the founders of the company.

    Bullseye Shooter, Thanks for the feedback.
     

    Big country

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    A German turbocharger manufacturer. No seriously. ;)
    O okay then, it makes a little more sense now.
    No, .38 Special. You can check them out at [URL="http://www.clarkcustomguns.com"][url]www.clarkcustomguns.com[/URL][/URL]. Colt also made a Gold Cup in .38 Special. It's the pistol I used to shoot the target attached to my ID on this forum.
    That is cool and all but I couldn't find it on their web site. Nice target to BTW. One other thing. And I'm not poking fun. Why is the wad cutter a good target load but the round nosed FMJ's aren't? I would think the wad cutters should fly all over the place because of being flat and catching air. I know wad cutters are accurate but it's just weird to me.
     

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    That is cool and all but I couldn't find it on their web site. Nice target to BTW. One other thing. And I'm not poking fun. Why is the wad cutter a good target load but the round nosed FMJ's aren't? I would think the wad cutters should fly all over the place because of being flat and catching air. I know wad cutters are accurate but it's just weird to me.

    Sorry about that. My post should read that I used the Clark to shoot that target, not the Colt Gold Cup in .38 Special. My Clark is their Heavy Slide Model with the Bo-mar rib, not the one with the red dot sight. I got one sentence in front of the other so it's a little confusing.

    I know it doesn't make sense that a blunt ended bullet would be so accurate, but it's one of those things that has gun writers scratching their heads. One reason HBWCs are more accurate may be because they have a slightly larger diameter (.358) vs. FMJs which are .357. And it may be just a lucky occurence of bullet weight, velocity, barrel length, etc. that makes the .38 Special so accurate.

    The Army Marksmanship Unit, back in the early 1950s, wanted to make the .38 Special more reliable in an auto-loader, so they came up with a rimless .38 Special round which is named, who'd have guess it, the .38 AMU. You'll occasionally see one of their pistols on GunBroker or a box of shells for it.
     

    Big country

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    Sorry about that. My post should read that I used the Clark to shoot that target, not the Colt Gold Cup in .38 Special. My Clark is their Heavy Slide Model with the Bo-mar rib, not the one with the red dot sight. I got one sentence in front of the other so it's a little confusing.

    I know it doesn't make sense that a blunt ended bullet would be so accurate, but it's one of those things that has gun writers scratching their heads. One reason HBWCs are more accurate may be because they have a slightly larger diameter (.358) vs. FMJs which are .357. And it may be just a lucky occurence of bullet weight, velocity, barrel length, etc. that makes the .38 Special so accurate.

    The Army Marksmanship Unit, back in the early 1950s, wanted to make the .38 Special more reliable in an auto-loader, so they came up with a rimless .38 Special round which is named, who'd have guess it, the .38 AMU. You'll occasionally see one of their pistols on GunBroker or a box of shells for it.
    Cool! I know that the wad cutter is more accurate but I guess I just don't know why. O well! that is just one of those things.
     
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