Reloads

Doubs · 09-10-2002, 12:18 PM

An interesting story told to me by a British Veteran of WW2 involved the .38 S&W. He was in a communications section during the war, serving in England, North Africa and Italy. He was a dispatch rider as well as pulling various guard duties. He was offered a revolver chambered in .38 S&W and adamently refused to take it. The ammunition was so limited that it was rationed and even if fired in combat, every round had to be accounted for... in writing!

There was no such problem with .45 ACP cartridges and he could draw all he wanted without question so he opted for a Thompson Sub-Machinegun and later struck a deal with a "Yank" for a 1911A1. He carried both throughout the war and when I knew him in the mid-1980's, he still had the 1911A1 which I fired on several occassions.

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09-10-2002, 12:18 PM	#6
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,736 Thanks: 819 Thanked 1,769 Times in 586 Posts	An interesting story told to me by a British Veteran of WW2 involved the .38 S&W. He was in a communications section during the war, serving in England, North Africa and Italy. He was a dispatch rider as well as pulling various guard duties. He was offered a revolver chambered in .38 S&W and adamently refused to take it. The ammunition was so limited that it was rationed and even if fired in combat, every round had to be accounted for... in writing! There was no such problem with .45 ACP cartridges and he could draw all he wanted without question so he opted for a Thompson Sub-Machinegun and later struck a deal with a "Yank" for a 1911A1. He carried both throughout the war and when I knew him in the mid-1980's, he still had the 1911A1 which I fired on several occassions.