Russian Submachine Guns by F. W. A. Hobart

By F. W. A. Hobart

;Russian Submachine weapons [Small hands Profile 12] КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Автор:F. W. A. Hobart Название: Russian Submachine weapons [Small hands Profile 12] Издательство:Profile courses Ltd Год: 1972 Формат: pdf,rar+3% Размер: 2.7MB Язык: английскийСтраниц: 22*2.com zero

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This reduced the popularity of the 38 Super for sporting use. The answer for increasing the effectiveness of the 38 Super is not by increasing its velocity, but by loading more effective bullets. This need has now been met by Remington who markets a 125-grain jacketed hollow point loading, and by independent bullet makers like Speer, Sierra, and Hornady who offer hollow and soft point bullets in weights of from 88 to 130 grains. These developments considerably enhance the usefulness of pistols chambered for the 38 Super — particularly for the reloader.

Wide and glass-smooth, it’s made of beryllium alloy. At the range, the Standard Trifire performance and handling qualities were outstanding. The externallymounted pivoting extractor and wide ejection port put the fired cases neatly in a group for retrieval. I was favorably impressed with all these pistols. Once, more than 30 years ago, I spent an afternoon shooting a government-issue 45 at reasonablysized targets, and my abysmal scores engendered a long-lasting dislike for the 1911 design. If that pistol had been one of the modern versions described above, it would have been a different story.

Indd 37 6/3/11 12:19:18 PM Star military (top), Colt 45 Automatic (middle), and Llama Extra (bottom) field stripped. The similarity of the three pistols is apparent. All use the basic Browning design. The Star differs from the Colt and Llama in that its hammer spring is directly below the hammer instead of being housed lower in the grip. The Star also uses all coil springs, has a simplified thumb safety, and does not have a grip safety. was all I cared to do that night. Unlike revolver cartridges which are often only neck sized for target loads the 38 Super must be full-length resized to insure positive function.

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