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| - The .38 Special was an upgraded form of the .38 Snub Nose available for purchase at black market sellers in Little Italy, small but accurate. It could be further upgraded to the Saturday Night Special.
- A light revolver ammunition found in Jagged Alliance and Jagged Alliance 2 , in the early stages of the game. Generally weak, with low power. In Jagged Alliance, this type of ammunition is found in boxes, rather than speed loaders.
- Noted for its fine accuracy and manageable recoil, it remains the most popular revolver cartridge in the world more than a century after its introduction. It is used for target shooting, formal target competition, personal defense, and for hunting small game.
- The following firearms use this cartridge:
* Smith & Wesson Model 15 (Die Hard)
* Smith & Wesson Model 36 (Die Hard with a Vengeance)
- Hard rock band from Jacksonville named for a type of pistol.
- Despite its name, its caliber is actually .357–.358 inches (9.0678 mm), with the ".38" referring to the approximate diameter of the loaded brass case. This came about because the original .38-caliber cartridge, the .38 Short Colt, was designed for use in converted .36-caliber cap-and-ball (muzzleloading) Colt 1851 Navy Revolvers, which had cylindrical firing chambers of approximately .374 inch diameter, requiring "heel-based" bullets, the exposed portion of which was the same diameter as the cartridge case (see the section on the .38 Long Colt). Except for its length, the .38 Special case is identical to that of the .38 Long Colt, and to the .357 Magnum which was developed from the earlier cartridge in 1935. This allows the .38 Special round to be used in revolvers chambered for the .357 M
- The .38 Smith & Wesson Special (commonly .38 Special, .38 Spl, or .38 Spc, pronounced "thirty-eight special") is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson. It is most commonly used in revolvers, although some semi-automatic pistols and carbines also use this round. The .38 Special was the standard service cartridge of most police departments in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1990s, and was also a common sidearm cartridge used by soldiers in World War I. In other parts of the world, it is known by its metric designation of 9×29.5mmR or 9.1x29mmR.
- O .38 Special é uma munição com aro, de fogo central,projetada pela Smith & Wesson. É mais comumente usada em revolveres, apesar de existirem pistolas usando o cartucho. O .38 Special era o calibre padrão da maioria das forças policiais nos Estados Unidos desde a década de 1920 até a de 1980. Como o .38 Special também pode ser usado em revólveres .357 Magnum, é comum o uso do mesmo nesses revólveres devido ao menor ruído e recuo. Várias carabinas de ação de alavanca também usam o .38 Special, como a conhecida Puma.
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