If one would miss the intended target with the .38 bullet, the resulting fireball would most likely burn the target beyond recognition!

I would take one too, I like Supers a lot.

 

Grab you up a 9mm, a reamer and some mags...

Why not go for 9x23 too while you are at it...

It should be interesting ...

 

That would certainly make for an interesting Colt custom shop build. I like it! [emoji2]

 

I converted a friend's 3" STI 9mm Elektra to 9x23win...
works great, still quite shootable with the hot Winchester ammo.

I am looking for a good deal on a used 9mm Defender, for a .38 Super conversion. I also want to shorten the frame like a Wilson Sentinel, and lighten the gun as much as possible.
I built a 3.5" Officer's sized lightweight .38 Super (ramped barrel) a few years ago. Fairly mild recoil, nice shooting package... so I think slightly smaller/shorter/lighter is doable.

 

Check out this thread.

https://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=466822

I have done a 9mm barrel/bushing in an XSE LW Commander which was made for 38 Super. Interesting subject with a Defender. I have a 9mm Defender but I don't think I am going to do a 38 Super conversion for it.

 

That would be an interesting gun and I would buy one immediately.

Wonder whatever happened to the member who was doing the Defender 9-Super conversion...thread kinda ended with no gun built...anyone know?

Bob

 

What I would really like would be a true 3.5" barrel LW OACP to come back chambered for either 9 mm or .38 Super (or both).

Absent that I grabbed a 9 mm Dan Wesson ECO a couple months back and am in the process of getting it broken in. (Bought that not long after buying my 9 mm Defender.) Just like the 3.5".

MA46

 

I also prefer a 3.5" COMPACT to a 3", but I can live with the ultra shortys if I have to.

DW ECO 3.5" converted to 9x23 Win.
Kimber Ultra 3" Aegis/CDP converted to .357 Sig.
STI Elektra 3" converted to 9x23 Win.
S&W CS40, 3.25" .40 cal., converted to 10mm.

Just waiting for the right donor/base lightweight compact to do a .38 Super.
I can shoot .38 Super through the 9x23 guns, but do get some noticeable bulging around the bottom 1/3rd of the cases.

 

What was involved with converting the Kimber to 357?

 

Sending you a PM, Chuck.

 

Empty nag builds some very nice pistols, I especially liked his short 10mm.

 

Empty nag builds some very nice pistols, I especially liked his short 10mm.

LOL 'till I cried!

That's MAG, emptyMAG!

Some typos are just a LOT funnier than others.

MA46

 

I would buy one for sure, I'd like a 9mm and a Super barrel.