Highest-capacity .38 Special pistols

The 25 .38 Special pistols with the largest standard capacity, of 26 in the catalogue with a recorded capacity. Ties are broken by weight, lighter first. The median is 5 rounds.

Rank	Firearm	Capacity	Weight	Year
=1st	Taurus 856 Taurus	6 rounds	624 g	2016
=1st	Pedersoli Doc Holliday Single Action Davide Pedersoli & C.	6 rounds	800 g
=1st	Taurus Model 80 Taurus International	6 rounds	851 g	1971
=1st	Smith & Wesson Model 10 Smith & Wesson	6 rounds	964 g	1899
=1st	Smith & Wesson Model 64 Smith & Wesson	6 rounds	975 g	1970
=1st	Smith & Wesson Model 14 Smith & Wesson	6 rounds	1.02 kg	1947
=1st	Smith & Wesson Model 10 Smith & Wesson	6 rounds	1.02 kg	1899
=1st	Taurus 82 Taurus International	6 rounds	1.03 kg	1978
=1st	Colt Officers Model Match Colt's Manufacturing Company	6 rounds	1.08 kg	1953
=1st	Miroku Liberty Chief Miroku Corporation	6 rounds		1962
=11th	Taurus 85 Total Titanium Taurus	5 rounds	269 g
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 637 Airweight Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	411 g	1996
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 638 Bodyguard Airweight Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	414 g	1989
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 442 Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	417 g	1993
=11th	Smith & Wesson M360J Sakura Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	422 g	2006
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 37 Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	425 g	1952
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 642 Airweight Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	425 g	1996
=11th	Taurus 85 Ultra-Lite Taurus	5 rounds	482 g
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 36 Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	538 g	1950
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 36 Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	557 g	1950
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 49 Bodyguard Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	567 g	1959
=11th	Smith & Wesson Model 40 Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	595 g	1952
=11th	Taurus 85 Taurus	5 rounds	595 g	1980
=11th	S&W Model 52 Smith & Wesson	5 rounds	1.13 kg	1961
=11th	Hämmerli P240 Hämmerli AG	5 rounds	1.39 kg	1975

Ranked from the catalogue's own measured figures, the same records the API serves. A record whose weight, length, barrel and capacity match a set shared by ten or more records from five or more makers is a default rather than a measurement, and is left out, as is a record with fewer than five of the figures a reader looks for.

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