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Originally Posted by Muley Gil
Actually, a S&W made cylinder, chambered in .45 Colt, would be slightly shorter than a .455 cylinder. This due to the fact that a .455 cartridge has a thinner rim.
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That's odd as factory chambered S&W N-Frame .45Colt examples I have seen have a cylinder that fills out the frame's cylinder cutout way more than the OP's example.
Has S&W went back and forth with either the cylinder length or the frame's cylinder cutout size over the years?
Admittedly I am a .45acp revolver guy and not a .45Colt guy but I know I have seen numerous S&W .45Colt chambered examples that do not have anywhere near the gap my .45acp examples have between the front cylinder face and frame. (Nor did they have as much breech/forcing cone visible just forward of the cylinder.)
Here are a few examples of what I am talking about........maybe this did not happen with earlier S&W factory chambered .45lc examples?