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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.
The 357/45 Grizzly WinMag .357-.45 GWM was a powerful wildcat round designed for the LAR Grizzly pistol. [ 2 ] The standard Grizzly models had a 5.5" slide, most often seen fitted with a 6.5" barrel that extends one inch beyond the slide, and less commonly with a 5.5" barrel in combination with a factory-fitted bushing style recoil compensator.
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The Colt pistol was the top seller. Early estimates said it would sell for $100,000 to $150,000. The Capone granddaughters were criticized at the time for making what some called “blood money.”
Bottlenecked high velocity PDW cartridge designed by Heckler & Koch in conjunction with the Heckler & Koch MP7 personal defense weapon. 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum: 1970 [3] US 0 [3] R 5×26mm 2100 [3] 327 0.311 0.205 [3] 26mm Obsolete. [3] Rimfire. 5.45×18mm: 1973 USSR 1 H 5.45×18mm 1000 94 0.222 18mm Developed for PSM pistol. 5.45×39mm ...
The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original model adopted in March 1911, and Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the improved M1911A1 model which entered service in 1926. The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam War era. [10]
Another source states the Army rejected the SCAMP in 1971 because it was already working on a parallel development, the 'Personal Defense Weapon'. [4] The Colt .45 ACP would not be replaced until 1985. The SCAMP's cartridge was later rimmed so it could be used in revolvers, intended as a weapon for security forces. This also didn't sell. [3]
The .45 Auto Rim, also known as 11.5x23mmR, is a rimmed cartridge specifically designed to be fired in revolvers originally chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The Peters Cartridge Company developed the cartridge in 1920 for use in the M1917 revolver , large numbers of which had become available as surplus following the end of World War I. [ 3 ]