Among the many firearms forums that I am a member on is the Colt Forum ( http://www.coltforum.com/index.php ). Last year I got together with another member who lives just a few miles from me. Amazing how small the world can be at times. Anyway as you might imagine he's a real Colt aficionado. He brought put several pieces from of his collection to include a pre-war Super 38 auto with an almost pristine nickel finish. It was beautiful and what was even better was he left me fire not one or two magazines through it. First time I had ever fired a Super .38 caliber pistol. It was very easy shooting and despite all the talk I've heard about the Super 38 not being very accurate it did just fine at the 25 and 40 yard line. I still can't believe that not only did he left me shoot it, but that he is shooting it. Very nice.