The guy has either .380 Auto or a .38 Super Auto. The noob who wrote the article doesn’t have any idea about firearms.
I looked up .38 Auto and found a 38 automatic also called 38 ACP was made in the year 1900. No guns have been designed for this cartridge since 1928. That’s not much of a survival cartridge.
Actually, the .38 ACP has the exact same case dimensions as the .38 Super...the Super is loaded to much higher pressures, and boxes of .38 Super ammo are clearly labeled that it's not to be used in .38 Auto weapons. Traditionally, .38 Super cases were nickel plated to help distinguish them, but that practice has somewhat fallen by the wayside.