THE SUPER SLEEPER

The story of the .38 Super starts in 1900, when Colt introduced the John Browning-designed M1900 .38 Automatic pistol. Interestingly, this was two years prior to the introduction of the 9mm Luger. The 9mm Luger was almost immediately adopted by the German military, but the .38 Automatic (ACP) was rejected by the U.S. military, which ultimately adopted the .45 ACP and the Colt Government Model in 1911.

Now, ironically, our troops are carrying 9mm pistols.

In 1929, Colt tried again with an improved version of the .38 ACP. This modernized cartridge