I’d still take a .38 Super over the .40 S&W and in the Corbon DPX loading it gives the .357 Sig a run for the money with a lot less recoil and noise.
The Lightweight Commander was a great gun.
Same here Slim. The .38 Super got a bad rap in the accuracy department early on. As a "semi-rimmed" case, the original weapons were designed to headspace on a very, very small portion of the rim that just barely exceeded the diameter of the case body, and the case mouths were crimped. Nowadays, most weapons designed for the cartridge headspace on uncrimped case mouths like most other autos, and accuracy is anything but a problem.
I've always kind of liked the "bastard" rounds, so it should be no big surprise that two of my favorite (and I would argue, most useful) rounds have been the .38 Super and the .41 Magnum for revolvers; however, I'll be the first person to admit that as "survival" weapons, the limited availability of both rounds would not make them my first picks.