Now there's an eloquent diatribe about the 45LC. You, my friend can say you have "waxed", at least once, in your lifetime

I absolutely have a need for a .45 Colt 'cause I have set of RCBS dies and no revolver! Those dies have been collecting dust since I sold that early model Contender in .45/.410 - the one with the octagonal barrel and screw on choke tube. What a totally impractical idea that was!

HaHa. You sound like me. I thought that I thought I knew what I was doing when I said "I'll take it" to SEVERAL, let me say it again, SEVERAL rounds of ammo only to find out that I leapt before I looked and payed way too much and it wasn't even the caliber I THOUGHT it was. The only logical thing to do was buy a gun that would shoot it! I knew I'd never find another idgit like me to reimburse me for my ignorance

Now here is a perfectly good example of why we should shift to all 45colt and save ourselves a ton of disappointment and confusion.

Seriously, been there, done that. It's hard to pass up a deal on ammo, even if you don't have a gun to feed it to. Sooner or later a gun in that cartridge will smell all that food and come sniffin' at your door.

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That's pretty good.

Most of my 44 Magnum shooting is done with a 250-275 gr cast bullet at 900-1000 FPS. The 45 Colt will do this in an S&W revolver, with a little more cross-sectional area. All just so much jabber. Sonny said it best.

The .45 Colt is powerful enough to do most jobs generally ceded to the .44 magnum, without being unpleasant to shoot. More of a shove than a kick in recoil. It's easily reloaded with a wide variety of bullets and powders. 255-grain Keiths at @ 1,000 fps will do about anything you can ask. Oh, and Wyatt Earp used it.

Smith & Wessons chambered in .45 Colt ring my chimes. Here's a few:

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i had a 45 lc revolver and a 44 mag revolver. I sold the 45 lc. There was no need for me to be reloading both calibers and I like the 44 better for reloading and shooting.

jed

It's big, makes big holes, and shoots very well for me with minimum fuss. I load and crimp with a nutcracker tool, and shoot it in a shiny SA revolver.

The very antithesis of a Glock...It's all good.

Of course! No revolver collection could be considered even remotely complete without a good 45 Colt chambered handgun.

I'm looking to buy the 5 inch 460V....

I don't think that will count though, will it? Shooting .45s from it I mean.... I think I'll need a separate revolver in .45 in order for it to count.

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well I have 2 .44 mags a mod.29 in 6" and a 6" classic hunter in stainless with the unfluted cyl. and a colt .45acp series 80 in stainless , as for the .45 colt I had a Ruger Vaquero with a 4 5/8 " barrel and didn't really care for it so I sold it to a buddy . As for needing a .45 Colt , well it's a personal choice and if you want one , get it "needing" is irrelevant

Well I know this is blasphemy but wouldn't you really need to buy a COLT in order to be true to the 45 Long Colt cartridge?

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Sir, good point. However, it's funny to see the word "Colt" stamped on the barrel of a Smith & Wesson. :-D

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

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Wishin' don't make it so.

I started revolver shooting with a Ruger .45 BH convertible - to shoot up my then-gone G21's stash of .45 ACPs - >11 yr back. I made the mistake of shooting .45 Colts - oops. Bisley BH, BHG Vaquero, .454 SRH, .45 Colt RH, and Puma 24" SS M1892 - all to shoot .45 Colt. Over seven years ago, my wife shocked me with a new 625MG in .45 Colt - life changed. Next - reloading those 2,700+ empties I had amassed - never having touched a reloading press, I bought a new Dillon 550B - just to reload .45 Colt. I like .45 Colt.

I added other calibers - .45 ACP 4" 625-8 & a 629MG for .44 Russians, Specials, & wimpy Magnums. Then - a 6" 66 and 2" 10, the first .357M & .38 Spcl I had ever 'touched'. Skip ahead - all Rugers are gone - and I found a second 625MG in .45 Colt - so I wouldn't wear out my sentimental-favorite first 625MG. By now, I have wimpy .357Ms & .38s, .44 Russians, Specials, & wimpy Magnums, mediocre .45 ACPs, .45 Schofield & Colt, etc. Redundant? You betcha! I can produce the same KE with a variety of bullets/calibers. It's fun. The .45 Colt is real fun. Yeah, I have .45 ARs loaded hotter, but who cares? Look at the MGs - they are just fun!



Is one revolver the 'last one' you should part with. Probably one I haven't mentioned, for just continued shooting fun, - it's my 4" 617! Nostalgia? I'd keep the newer 625MG model - that gift from my wife. I have ~3k rounds, mostly 250gr LRNFP/255gr LSWC, loaded for it - that should last a while.

Bamacisa mentioned the dichotomy - need vs necessity. I wonder which heading his new truck falls under? I think we could take a line from a Sheryl Crowe song - it's not having what you want - but wanting what you have. I am blessed to have all of them (Except the new truck...) - and, for now, I can keep them all, practical or not. I say everyone 'needs' a 25/625 MG in .45 Colt! Of course, I said that about a 4" 617, too - and so it goes!

Stainz

PS I nearly forgot - if it's real historical significance you are after, get you a 29/629 and shoot .44 Russians - they beat the .45 Colt to the marketplace by 2 yr!

Few calibers match the mystique of the .45 Long Colt - certainly not the modern 9mm or the .40 S&W. There's something wonderful about pulling a handful of those massive cartridges out of your pocket and dropping those chunks of metal one by one into the cylinder of a SAA, then closing the gate and cocking your piece. And when that pine cone or empty aluminum can dances in the air, you're momentarily one with all the Western movies you ever watched.

What else would would I lay in my lap while watching Gunsmoke???

Sure, the folk that manufacture the weapons and ammo have families and need to eat too, so why not-American made.

The question has never been whether I needed a revolver chambered in 45 Colt.

It just came down to how many variations I could afford.


The 25-5 4in. the 25-7 5in. the 625 6.5in.















And a recently acquired model 25-9 , it has the endurance package.







When I first saw this New Service in 45 Colt ,I had to have it.

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This thread is about completeness.

As so many have expressed, and I certainly endorse, we are not complete so long as there are calibers that do not have a home.

We must, I emphasize must, give these calibers a place in our hearts and gun safes, so we may be complete.

I have an emptyness in my heart, as I passed on a 624 several years ago and have suffered the pangs that go with that lack of consideration and compassion.

I look forward to the day when a 44 Special becomes available and I can correct this grievous error in my youthful past.

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