380 Mk II ???????????

[jim4065]

My new Grafs flier is advertising Fiocchi 380 Mk-II brass - which they are careful to say is not 380 ACP brass. A search on dogpile turns up nothing. Anyone know about this cartridge? :veryconfu

[rickomatic]

Webley. And Enfield. Pretty much the same as 38 S & W. The MkII was 200 gr. Just had a group buy on a mold for that boolit this past year.

[jim4065]

Ok -Thanks. Now I get it - they're referring to the 38 S&W case loaded with a 200 grain bullet. I think the Brits figured out that it would hit as hard as the .455 Webley in a much lighter cartridge.

So what's with Grafs? The brass is 38 S&W - nothing else. They're selling it in the US - why not sell it as 38 S&W? I don't believe there's any dimensional difference. Here and I was thinking we had a new 380 case loaded to 50,000 PSI and propelling a 100 grain boolit at 1800 fps from a 3" barrel. :grin:

[Bret4207]

Because a lot of folks are looking for 380 Mk II ammo I suppose. Ya gots to remember that not everyone into guns is into as deep as we are. That's why each year guys with guns marked 7mm Express Remington buy 7 mag ammo, people with 32 S+W buy 32 Auto, people with 16 gauges look for 3" mag loads and people try and fit 44 mag rounds into Uncle Earls 44 Special.


BTW- The 38 didn't work as well as the 455.

[TAWILDCATT]

the idea was great until reality hit the brits.it was designed for lead but the hage
convention ruled lead was out so jacketed bullets did not work well.:coffee:[smilie=1: