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The .45 Colt (11.43×33mmR), often called the .45 Long Colt, is a rimmed straight-walled handgun cartridge dating to 1872.It was originally a black-powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver.
Earlier models were listed as .44 caliber, later as .45, but all use a .457" round ball or .454" conical lead bullet. [3] The Ruger Old Army can also shoot modern smokeless cartridges in .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt), or .45 ACP loaded for "cowboy action" muzzle velocities less than about 850 feet per second, via use of a drop-in conversion cylinder ...
In June 2015 Ruger announced a .45 Colt / .45 ACP dual caliber chambering for the Redhawk that incorporates a redesigned grip frame with round-butt grip. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Ruger achieves this multi- cartridge functionality by partially machining the cylinder to allow use of thin-gauge moon clips for the rimless .45 ACP while still retaining enough ...
Consequently, firearms that fire .460 S&W are usually capable of firing the less powerful .454 Casull, .45 Colt, and .45 Schofield rounds, but this must be verified with each firearm's manufacturer (most lever-action firearms can only feed cartridges within a certain overall length and bullet profile range). The reverse, however, does not apply ...
Although not originally designed for handguns, several rifle and shotgun cartridges have also been chambered in a number of large handguns, primarily in revolvers like the Phelps Heritage revolver, Century Arms revolver, Thompson/Centre Contender break-open pistol, Magnum Research BFR, and the Pfeifer Zeliska revolvers.
.41 Long Colt: 6 United States: 1877-1909 Colt M1878: Colt's Manufacturing Company.45 Colt.32-20 WCF.38 Long Colt.38-40 WCF.41 Colt.44-40 WCF.455 Webley.476 Eley: 6 United States: 1878-1907 Colt M1889: Colt's Manufacturing Company.41 Long Colt.38 Long Colt.38 Short Colt United States: 1889-1909 Colt M1892: Colt's Manufacturing Company.38 Long ...
45 Raptor, uses the standard 7.62 NATO case, cut to a length of 1.800" from 2.015", resulting in a straight-wall cartridge, neck is sized to 0.452". The resulting COAL of 2.300" is only 1.02 mm longer than the maximum COAL for chambering a cartridge in the smaller AR-15; however, the 45 Raptor chamber pressure is allowed to be as high as 62,000 ...
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.