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The .45 Schofield / 11.5x27mmR, also referred to as .45 Smith & Wesson is a revolver cartridge developed by Smith & Wesson for their S&W Model 3 Schofield top-break revolver. It is similar to the .45 Colt cartridge, but with a shorter case and a larger rim. The. 45 Schofield will generally work in revolvers chambered for that cartridge; but the ...
Below is a list of rimmed cartridges (R). Although similar, ... .45 Colt.45 Auto Rim.45 Schofield.454 Casull.455 Webley.475 Linebaugh.500 Linebaugh
The S&W revolver used the .45 Schofield, a shorter cartridge, which would also work in the Colt, however the Army's S&W Schofield revolvers could not chamber the longer .45 Colt, [2] so in 1874 Frankford Arsenal, then almost exclusive supplier of small arms ammunition to the U.S. Army, dropped production of the .45 Colt cartridge in favor of ...
.45 Auto Rim.45 Schofield.45-60 Winchester.45-70.50-70 Government.50-110 Winchester.50-140 Sharps.219 Donaldson Wasp.219 Zipper.220 Rook.222 rimmed.255 Jeffery Rook.300 Rook.300 Sherwood.303/25.303 British.303 Savage.375/303 Westley Richards Accelerated Express.307 Winchester.348 Winchester.357 Magnum.360 No. 5 Rook.380 Long.375 Winchester
Despite the change, old stocks of the longer .45 Colt rounds in the supply line caused the Army to drop most of the Schofields and continue with the Colt. Major Schofield had patented his locking system and earned a payment on each gun that S&W sold; and at the time, his older brother, John M. Schofield, was the head of the Army Ordnance Board ...
The .45 ACP (not to be confused with .45 Colt) cartridge is a very popular caliber due to its low velocity and relatively high stopping power. This caliber is associated most with the Colt M1911, logically, as ACP literally means 'Automatic Colt Pistol'. However, there are many more guns and variations on the M1911 that are chambered in .45 ACP.
The .460 cartridge achieves high velocities by combining light-for-caliber bullets, a large case capacity, and the high chamber pressures (65,000 psi maximum) typical of magnum rifle cartridges. At the same time, the recoil when shooting .45 Colt ammunition out of the Smith & Wesson Model 460 is comparable to recoil from a 9mm or .380 load, due ...
The replacement cartridge introduced by the Frankford Arsenal, "Revolver Ball Cartridge, Caliber .45", in early 1874 was not the .45 S&W (Schofield). It was a compromise cartridge. The case was the same length as the .45 S&W, but with a reduced rim, to allow 6 rounds to be chambered in both revolvers.