


diameter) rather than a bullet.Īdapter for firing. 32 ACP cartridge in turn may be reloaded with a single 00 Buck pellet (0.33 in. Thus, in one case seen by the author an individual was fatally wounded with a 7.62-Luger bullet loaded in a. Pistol bullets can be loaded in rifle cartridges. 22 Short, Long, and Long Rifle cartridges and the other for the. 22 rimfire revolvers with two interchangeable cylinders - one for. A number of firearms companies manufacture. 357 Magnum ammunition in one cylinder and 9-mm Luger in another interchangeable cylinder. Ruger manufactures a line of single-shot revolvers that have interchangeable cylinders. 410 shotgun cartridge in a 12-gauge shotgun. Adapters have been made to permit firing a handgun cartridge from a shotgun and a. These permit firing of a cartridge in a weapon not chambered for it by the use of a device that fits in the weapon's chamber and will accept a different caliber cartridge. Mention should be made of adapters (Figure 10.22). 32 ACP cartridge can be single-fed and fired in a. In the last case, the cartridge case usually bursts. 38 Super cartridge reliably and the 9-mm Luger cartridge unreliably as well as single-fire the. This particular weapon will chamber and fire the. The Astra, Model 400, is chambered for the 9-mm Bayard cartridge, which is not readily available in the United States. 32 ACP automatic pistol cartridge (arrow). 357 Magnum revolver, increases the velocity and ballistics of the. Some people erroneously believe that firing a. 38 Special cartridge, as the Magnum cartridge is nothing but an elongated. 357 Magnum revolvers will, of course, fire the. These weapons will chamber and fire both cartridges.Īll. Since then, many of these revolvers have been brought back to the United States and rechambered for the. 38 Smith & Wesson cartridges.ĭuring World War II, large numbers of revolvers were manufactured in the United States for Great Britain. 38 Special revolvers have oversized chambers and will accept. 38 Smith & Wesson cartridge, as the latter cartridge case has a greater diameter than the former. 38 Special revolver should not be able to chamber and fire a. The emerging bullet will begin to yaw widely immediately on exiting the barrel. 9-mm Parabellum cartridges can be chambered and fired in. 38 revolvers by being wrapped in tape so that they completely occupy the larger chamber. 32 Smith & Wesson Short revolver cartridge as well as feed the revolver ammunition from a clip and function the mechanism for at least three or four rounds without jamming.32 Cartridges have been fired in. 32 automatic pistols will chamber and fire the. 38 Smith & Wesson cartridge, will accept and fire 9-mm Luger ammunition. 38-caliber Enfield revolver, chambered for the. 32-caliber revolver is well known for its ability to chamber and fire the semi-rimmed. Some automatic pistols are capable of firing revolver ammunition, and some revolvers can fire automatic ammunition. Certain weapons will chamber and fire ammunition of a caliber different from that for which they are chambered. Recovery of a bullet of a particular caliber from a body does not necessarily indicate that the weapon used to fire this missile was of the same caliber as the cartridge in which the bullet was loaded.
