About This Site

The purpose of 38Super.net is to provide useful, practical information about the 38 Super cartridge. The intent is to gather together at one location information from a wide range of sources. These sources include books, articles, myriad locations on the world wide web, fellow shooters and from the author’s personal experience. The author will attempt to present only unbiased and objective information. Notice the word “attempt.”

About The Author

The author, B. Miller, was raised in Idaho. He worked in Law Enforcement there for about 3.5 years. His life took an unexpected turn and he had to give up shooting and lived in poverty for a decade while he went to college (Idaho State University, B.S. Psychology, 1984), then graduate school (Cornell University, Ph.D. Biopsychology, 1991). Shortly after that he took up the sport again. He currently works as a neuroscientist in the Midwest.

The author has been a shooting enthusiast for over 40 years. His first encounter with a 38 Super was in the 70s in the form of a Colt Commander. His attempts to hotrod the Super resulted in ruptured cases. He wrongly attributed the blown cases to the gun and sold it (damn fool!!). He revisited the 38 Super around the turn of the century. Now, its one of his favorites.

He has handloaded over 100,000 rounds, of which most have been fired through 1911 type pistols, his favorite projectile delivery platform. He considers it his sole purpose in life to keep the brass, bullet, gunpowder and primer manufacturers in business.

He began amateur gunsmithing on the 1911 pistol in the 90s. He attended a class on Accurizing the 1911 Pistol in Trinidad, CO in 1997 taught by Jim Stroh (Owner of Alpha Precision, Comer, GA). Since then he has custom built about a dozen 1911s (Colt, Springfield Armory, Caspian, STI, Para-Ordnance) in 45 ACP and 38 Super. Some of them shoot pretty well, considering who built them.

Mr. Miller began competitive shooting during his stint in Law Enforcement when he participated in police PPC matches. He began competing again in the 90s and has participated in rifle and pistol silhouette, DCM, action pistol, IDPA, IPSC and Steel matches. Now he mostly competes in IPSC and steel matches, and has been fortunate enough to participate in USPSA 3 Gun Nationals, the Single Stack Classic, the American Handgunner World Shootoff and Winchester World Championship. He’s never won a match, and never will. He’s not that good.

Publications

Miller, B. (2007) Colt's 38 Super: Ready for IPSC? Front Sight, 24 (6) (Nov./Dec.); 32-42.

Questions, comments, suggestions, hate mail? Feel free to email me. However, the probability of getting a response is low simply because I have a day job and a life and don't have the time to respond to all emails. It's nothing personal, really. Nevertheless, I do appreciate your thoughts. If you see an obvious error then please put the word ERROR in the title of your email. Thanks, and happy shooting.

Contact: dude@38super.net