Home›Weapons Systems›Caliber›.38 SpecialBrowse By.38 SpecialThis dimension groups weapon systems by their caliber. Wikipedia notes that weapons range "from simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons," firearms whose bore size is measured precisely as caliber. Browsing by caliber keeps weapon systems built to the same specification grouped together.Facts.38 SpecialConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEarliest Era RepresentedWell-attestedAncient 1.38 SpecialFilter Results19 entriesWeapon FamilyAllAmmunition and Cartridges (2)Bolt-Action, Lever-Action and Historic Rifles (1)Other Pistols and Handguns (1)Pistols and Revolvers (16)Revolvers (15)Rifles and Carbines (1)Weapon Type or ClassAllDouble-action revolver (3)Revolver (3)Revolver family (1)Service revolver (sidearm) (1)small arm (11)Introduced EraAll1873 (1)1894 (1)1898 (1)1907 (1)1930 (1)1949 (1)1950 (1)1952 (1)1953 (1)1960 (1)1961 (1)1972 (1)1979 (1)1980 (1)1981 (1)1985 (1)2000 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (10)Out of Production (1)Retired (5)OperatorAllAustralian Defence Force (1)Brazilian Army (1)Canadian Armed Forces (2)French Armed Forces (1)Mexican Armed Forces (1)United States Air Force (2)United States Armed Forces (4)Wars Used InAllBoxer Rebellion (1)Constitutionalist Revolution (1)First Boer War (1)Korean War (1)Mexican Revolution (1)Philippine-American War (2)Second Boer War (2)Spanish-American War (2)World War I (2)World War II (3)ManufacturerAllColt's Manufacturing Company (3)Korth (1)Manurhin (1)Marlin Firearms (1)MinebeaMitsumi (1)Smith & Wesson (8)Sturm, Ruger & Co. (2)Taurus (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 19Colt New Service.38 SpecialColt Police Positive Special.38 SpecialColt Single Action Army.38 SpecialKorth Combat.38 SpecialManurhin MR 73.38 SpecialMarlin Model 1894.38 SpecialNew Nambu M60.38 SpecialRuger GP100.38 SpecialRuger Redhawk.38 SpecialSedgley OSS .38.38 SpecialSmith & Wesson .38/44.38 SpecialSmith & Wesson Centennial.38 SpecialSmith & Wesson Model 12.38 SpecialSmith & Wesson Model 15.38 SpecialSmith & Wesson Model 340PD.38 SpecialSmith & Wesson Model 36.38 SpecialSmith & Wesson Model 52.38 SpecialSmith & Wesson Model 586.38 SpecialTaurus Model 85.38 SpecialConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 1,983 connections.Sources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, weapon-system has a live Ancient subcategoryQuote, War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, weapon-system has a live Ancient subcategoryAncient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.