.38 Special
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.38 Special is a widely used revolver cartridge known for its manageable recoil and long-standing popularity in law enforcement and civilian self-defense.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| .38 Special canonical | 4 |
| .38 S&W Special | 1 |
| .38 Smith & Wesson Special | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5904305 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: .38 Special Context triple: [Bond Arms, producesCaliber, .38 Special]
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A.
38 Special
38 Special is an American Southern rock band known for hits like "Hold On Loosely" and for its close ties to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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B.
.30-06 Springfield
The .30-06 Springfield is a powerful and historically significant American rifle cartridge widely used in both military service and civilian hunting and target shooting throughout the 20th century.
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C.
Samaritan revolver
The Samaritan revolver is Hellboy’s iconic oversized, mystical handgun known for firing powerful, supernatural ammunition against occult threats.
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D.
A33 Winchester bypass
The A33 Winchester bypass was a former section of the A33 road that diverted traffic around the city of Winchester in Hampshire, England, before being superseded by the M3 motorway.
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E.
Desert Eagle
"Desert Eagle" is a track from Beyoncé's genre-blending 2024 album *Cowboy Carter*, noted for its fusion of country, pop, and R&B elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: .38 Special Target entity description: .38 Special is a widely used revolver cartridge known for its manageable recoil and long-standing popularity in law enforcement and civilian self-defense.
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A.
38 Special
38 Special is an American Southern rock band known for hits like "Hold On Loosely" and for its close ties to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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B.
.30-06 Springfield
The .30-06 Springfield is a powerful and historically significant American rifle cartridge widely used in both military service and civilian hunting and target shooting throughout the 20th century.
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C.
Samaritan revolver
The Samaritan revolver is Hellboy’s iconic oversized, mystical handgun known for firing powerful, supernatural ammunition against occult threats.
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D.
A33 Winchester bypass
The A33 Winchester bypass was a former section of the A33 road that diverted traffic around the city of Winchester in Hampshire, England, before being superseded by the M3 motorway.
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E.
Desert Eagle
"Desert Eagle" is a track from Beyoncé's genre-blending 2024 album *Cowboy Carter*, noted for its fusion of country, pop, and R&B elements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
centerfire cartridge
ⓘ
firearm cartridge ⓘ revolver cartridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
.38 S&W Special
ⓘ
linked to:
.38 Special
.38 Smith & Wesson Special ⓘ
linked to:
.38 Special
.38 Spl ⓘ 9x29mmR ⓘ |
| baseDiameter |
0.379 inch
ⓘ
9.63 mm ⓘ |
| bulletDiameter |
0.357 inch
ⓘ
9.07 mm ⓘ |
| canBeFiredIn | .357 Magnum revolvers ⓘ |
| caseLength |
1.155 inch
ⓘ
29.3 mm ⓘ |
| caseType |
rimmed
ⓘ
straight ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedBy | Smith & Wesson ⓘ |
| designedFor | revolvers ⓘ |
| governingBodyStandard |
CIP
ⓘ
SAAMI ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
.38 Special +P
ⓘ
.38 Special target loads ⓘ .38 Special wadcutter ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1898 ⓘ |
| isParentOf | .357 Magnum ⓘ |
| knownFor |
accuracy
ⓘ
long service life in law enforcement ⓘ manageable recoil ⓘ |
| maximumPressure |
117 MPa
ⓘ
17000 psi ⓘ |
| neckDiameter |
0.379 inch
ⓘ
9.63 mm ⓘ |
| overallLength |
1.55 inch
ⓘ
39.4 mm ⓘ |
| parentCartridge | .38 Long Colt ⓘ |
| rimDiameter |
0.44 inch
ⓘ
11.18 mm ⓘ |
| SAAMIMaximumPressurePlusP |
138 MPa
ⓘ
20000 psi ⓘ |
| typicalBulletWeight |
110 grains
ⓘ
125 grains ⓘ 130 grains ⓘ 148 grains ⓘ 158 grains ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civilian self-defense
ⓘ
competition shooting ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ target shooting ⓘ training ⓘ |
| usedIn |
lever-action rifles
ⓘ
single-shot pistols ⓘ |
| wasStandardServiceCartridgeFor | many American police departments in the 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: .38 Special Description of subject: .38 Special is a widely used revolver cartridge known for its manageable recoil and long-standing popularity in law enforcement and civilian self-defense.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: .38 Special
linked to: .38 Special
subject linked to:
Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver
subject linked to:
Model 10 revolver