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The Colt Single Action Army (also known as the SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, or M1873) is a single-action revolver handgun.It was designed for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1872 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company (today known as Colt's Manufacturing Company) and was adopted as the standard-issued revolver of the U.S. Army from 1873 to 1892.
.45 ACP South Africa: CZ 97B: Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod.45 ACP Czech Republic: 1997 DOSS SH.A.R. Psh-45 DOSS SH.A.R. .45 ACP Ukraine: FitzGerald Special: Colt USA .45 ACP United States: 1926 FN FNP: FNH USA: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.45 ACP.357 SIG Belgium United States: 2006 FN FNX: FNH USA: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.45 ACP Belgium ...
The Benet primed .45 Revolver cartridges were subsequently replaced by the 'Model of 1882 Ball Cartridge for Cal. .45 Revolver' which used an external Boxer primer and could be reloaded at the unit level. [3] The .45 caliber M1882 cartridge would be officially replaced by the .38 Long Colt in 1892 but
Lake conceived the idea of a revolver that would be more precise and could be easily modified to work similarly to a rifle. According to Lake, the Colt Buntline was a single-action revolver chambered for .45 Long Colt cartridge. However, it had a 12-inch-long (305 mm) barrel, in comparison to the Colt Peacemaker's 7.5-inch
Thus, in 1875, Remington entered the cartridge revolver market with this big-frame, army style revolver, intended to compete with the Colt Peacemaker. [3] Ordinary citizens and Old West lawmen alike recognized the sturdy quality of the new Remington revolvers. [4] This design was followed by the Model 1888 and the Model 1890.
The HK45C can use all magazines of the full-size HK45 and the USP Compact chambered in .45 ACP, including the flush 8-round magazines and the extended 10-round 'elephant foot' magazines. An HK45 Tactical (HK45T) and HK45 Compact Tactical (HK45CT) are also available; these variants include an extended threaded barrel for suppressors , and ...
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 ...
They were guns that conveniently fit dual-purpose handgun/rifle cartridges. He also briefly used the 1873 Colt Single Action .45 caliber Peacemaker. [6] He tracked and killed notorious outlaw Jim Webb, who had murdered over eleven people. [7] Another notorious desperado Reeves encountered was murderer and horse thief Wiley Bear.