I am sorry to have alarmed readers by referring in a previous corner post to

firing “357 magnum rounds in my S&W 38.” The weapon in question is

actually, to quote the precise spec, a “model no. 586 distinguished .357

magnum revolver”… which I have got accustomed to think of as a 38 because

that’s all I ever normally fire from it (.38 special rounds, I mean).

However, the warnings from readers that I would blow my hand off firing 357

rounds in a 38 handgun may be a tad over-dramatic. A friend who knows much,

much more about handguns than I do tells me: “I know of no 38-spec handgun

into which you could even load a 357 round. Nobody’s handgun is going to

explode.” I’m just telling you what he said. Something tells me this one

will run and run.