- .38 Caliber Ballistics – One of the best pages on .38 Special performance out of short barrels that I have found.
- Charter Arms Bulldog Pug - Dean Speir on the infamous Bulldog
- Charter Arms Revolvers – Interview with David Ecker, the President of Charter Arms.
- The Classic Colt Diamondback Revolver - by Chuck Hawks
- The Colt Detective Special – by Notpurfect
- Cornered Cat – Well written site which addresses armed self defense from a woman’s point
- Chiappa Revolvers – An in-depth history of the Chiappa Group plus factory photos.
- The Enduring Snubnose – Stephen A. Camp meditates on the Snubnose
- Emergency Reloading the Defensive Revolver by Mike Askew
- Is A .38 Snub Enough – Ayoob on Snubs
- My Friend, the .357 Magnum – Loads and anecdotes
- Officer Survival: Staying alive with rapid reload – by Dave Spaulding
- Pocket Pistols by Paul W Abel
- A Short Look at Snubs – Another excellent piece by Stephan A. Camp
- Smith & Wesson Model Tables
- Smith & Wesson 342PD Titanium Centennial .38 Special +P – by Jeff Quinn
- Uncatalogued Model 042 – By Dean Speir
- S&W Model 637 Airweight (.38 Special+P) – by Kim Du Toit
- S&W Model 642 Airweight (.38 Special +p) - by Eddie Coyle
- S&W Model 649 Bodyguard by NotPurfect
- Self-Defense loads for the 2-inch .38 Special – Handguns
- The .38 Snub Old Fashioned Or OldĀ Faithful? – Evan Marshall on the snub (even though he’s too much of a wuss to give me a password for his forum.)
- The Sixguns That Made The Magnums – John Taffin. Good History piece.
- The Snubnose – An excellent historical and cultural survey.
- Guns For Sale – The best retailer for cheap guns online.
- +P-rated newly designed 135-grain Gold Dot HP in .38 Special – Review by Dean Speir
- Taurus Classic Model 85 Series .38 Special (and +P) Revolvers – Mike Guffey on The Armed Citizen
- Tauruss New Double-Action-Only CIA – by Dick Metcalf
- Tech sheet on Speer 135g .38 Special +p Gold Dots – Require Adobe Acrobat Reader
- The .38 snubby: carry gun supreme…
- The Taffin Tests – Bunches of excellent articles for premier revolver expert, John Taffin
- When Selecting a Carry Gun, SIZE MATTERS!
- Why Carry a Revolver? – Preacherman’s reflections on the value of the revolver in self defense
- The Workhorse by Smith & Wesson – The Model 10
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