S&W in 45 Colt..

[Model29-26.5]

I wonder if it irked S&W to have to stamp “Colt” on the barrel?
My 4” 25-5.

 

[rockquarry]

I doubt it, especially if it sells.

 

[Alpo]

Smith doesn't seem, to me, to have had a problem with that. They marked their 32/20 M&Ps as "32 Winchester".

Colt didn't like it. "We will not put 38 Smith & Wesson on our revolvers! That cartridge is now a 38 Colt New Police!!!!" Oooookay

I've also heard that Marlin did not like it. That's why we have the 30/30, and the 44/40. Because Marlin did not want to put 30 WINCHESTER centerfire and 44 WINCHESTER centerfire on their guns.

But there was one pistol maker - Merwin and Hubert?? Something like that - that just marked their pistols "Winchester rifle cartridge".

 

[red9]

Smith & Wesson didn't have a problem because Winchester was not a competitor. The .30-30 and .44-40 cartridge designations indicated caliber and powder charge weight.

Bob

 

[chief38]

After 100+ years of the .45 Colt I don't think they really care.

 

[Baxter6551]

I wondered the same thing. My 25-9 dosent seem to mind.

 

[hkcavalier]

I see a lot more evidence of an "us or them" attitude before WWII. Colt didn't even make a double action .45 Colt by the time of the S&W 25-5. They'd lost the large frame revolver war, and badly.

Things seem to have come full circle...I'm much more interested in an Anaconda in .45 Colt than even the current no-IL MGs, and even if one were offered in the same caliber.

 

[walkin' trails]

I saw the same thing with .40 S&W. Other companies just called it .40.

 

[Alpo]

Glock, as I understand it, chambers pistols in 9 mm, 40 auto, and 45 Auto. Not 9 mm Luger, 40 Smith & Wesson and 45 ACP.