I got it. After all these years.

A 1971 Colt LW Commander .38 Super. I love Commanders, and I've wanted a .38 Super to go with my 9mm ever since I've had it. Found one at a local auction today, and it was nice - bone stock, hadn't been messed with, been carried some but not shot a lot. I bid on it, and me and another guy (who runs a little gun shop here in town) wound up banging heads for it. I had set $700 as the highest I could go, and I got it for $675. Last one I saw for sale was $1,150, so that was still a pretty good deal.

It was a gamble, because the older .38 Supers have chambers cut to headspace on the cartridge rim and some of them don't shoot very well. This one does. I put 3 magazines of Aguila hardball through it between showers after I got home, and had no trouble making metal confetti out of Pepsi cans. I need to work with it some more, but I think It's gonna be fine.

Congratulations! I've been pining for a 38 Super or 9mm for a while, but the good ol' Llama will continue doing duty as the PPPPP for the foreseeable future. Transferable pistols are few and far between down here, and typically higher than a cat's back. What are you working on? It sounds like it runs well as it is.

Good for you !! and it was a good deal. I really like the 38 Super. Hope you enjoy...

finding it is a Can Banging Day, for sure...

Gotta love it when someone gets to scratch an itch that's been after them for so long.

I must admit, the 38 Super kind'a, sort'a calls out to me now and then. I truly never gave it much attention until the past 5-6 years. For a short while back in the 80's, I know is was THE main gun of all of the speed shooters out there. I didn't have the money to get into that game and couldn't see owning one at the time. As a self defense gun, it is indeed a temptress.

Enjoy!

Murphy

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The thing I like most about the .38 Super (aside from the major cool factor) is that it is obviously a step up from the 9mm, but still much easier and faster to hit with than a .45 since I am now an official OLD FART with hands and wrists that are a lot less lumberjacky than they used to be. Also, the Super shoots flatter at extended ranges than a .45 acp. When I'm working on my tractor I can't carry a rifle, and it's a lot more fun to strafe a coyote on yon hillside when you have at least a reasonable chance of hitting him.

Still trying to work out the picture thing. Sorry.

Tommy Lee Jones well in "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada".

~JM~