tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post112930030445265633..comments2024-03-19T03:27:42.798-06:00Comments on The Michael Bane Blog: Green Chili World!Michael Banehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1129597452912508092005-10-17T19:04:00.000-06:002005-10-17T19:04:00.000-06:00No no no...nor a "real" resurgance, but a resurrec...No no no...nor a "real" resurgance, but a resurrection to "cult" status for the .38/40. A cult cartridge is one like the .44 Special or the .32/20, or, realistically, the .45/70 — one that a very small majority of the gun-buying public is fascinated with for various and sundry largely inexplicable reasons. Think of it as a "tinkering" cartridge.<BR/><BR/>Cowboy action shooting is, for all Michael Banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1129553702356062272005-10-17T06:55:00.000-06:002005-10-17T06:55:00.000-06:00Will all due respect, Mike, I think you're either ...Will all due respect, Mike, I think you're either spending too much time in thin air or too much time with the disconnected elite of the shooting world. The .38-40, with its bottle neck and delicate brass, is no more set for any kind of significant, mainstream resurgence than, say, .32 H&R Magnum or .357 Maximum. Sure, a few shooters -- mainly those that play cowboy -- will be interested, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1129415081264296042005-10-15T16:24:00.000-06:002005-10-15T16:24:00.000-06:00"along with a Negro Medolo"I think you mean to say..."along with a Negro Medolo"<BR/><BR/>I think you mean to say "African-American Modelo" ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293484.post-1129327149784897002005-10-14T15:59:00.000-06:002005-10-14T15:59:00.000-06:00ABout the .38-40...One reason it is a temting prop...ABout the .38-40...<BR/><BR/>One reason it is a temting proposition to me is that it's the same bore diameter as a .40 S&W (Don't let the .38 fool ya) In fact someone I saw advertising on teh back of a Shotgun News a while back had runs of dual cylinder Vaqueros (if I recall - it might not have been the Vaquero). One cylinder was in .38-40 & the other was in .40 S&W.<BR/><BR/>Course it's a quaintPublicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173518113334124361noreply@blogger.com