Alpo Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 If you were going to have one revolver - only one, no mas. Which chambering would you want it in? 45 Colt or 44 Winchester? These are your only choices. I do not wish to hear 357 or 22 or 44 Magnum. 45 Colt or 44 Winchester? Single action or double action is irrelevant. Barrel length is irrelevant. 45 Colt or 44 Winchester? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennessee Trapper Tom Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 45 Colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Coroner Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 45 Colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 A lot easier find 45 colt ammo so be my choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt. Among other things, you can actually buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt. More variety of loadings available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 9mm Federal! Seriously, .45 Colt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 In the present with smokeless powder .45 Colt In the past with black powder .44-40 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 (edited) Wrong thread Edited September 21 by Smuteye John SASS#24774 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 I'm not about to rock the boat. All of my heavy caliber sixguns are .45 Colt. I have three rifles in .44-40 and wish I knew then what I know now because I would prefer them in .45 Colt, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Sackett Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Yep. 45 Colt all day. Sam Sackett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Ridge Regulator Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 45 colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .454 casull so I can shoot .45 colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt +P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt. I have a few. Also, from my late teens (1960's) I always wanted a lever action rifle or carbine thusly chambered; alas, none made. I searched for a reasonable priced used Winchester or Marlin receiver to resurrect as a .45 Colt, but never did find one. Vendors at gun shows wanted new rifle prices for junk actions. I even considered converting my Marlin 336, which I bought new in '71, but just never got around to it. And now, thanks to the popularity of Cowboy Action Shooting, they're as common as springtime buttercups along the roadside and I gots some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 I’m not set to reload either so, 12 gauge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 45 Long Colt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 .45 Colt. Sorry Dantank, but there is no such thing as 45 Long Colt Nanny Nanny Poo Poo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Just to be contrary, 44 Winchester. I have one more firearm in 44-40 than 45 Colt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presidio Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Nothing but .45 Colt for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 .45 Colt, which also chambers .45 Cowboy Special and .45 Schofield. .44 WCF is a rifle round and only chambers the WCF cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 21 minutes ago, Tom Bullweed said: ..44 WCF is a rifle round and only chambers the WCF cartridge. Oh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 18 minutes ago, Tom Bullweed said: .45 Colt, which also chambers .45 Cowboy Special and .45 Schofield. .44 WCF is a rifle round and only chambers the WCF cartridge. You might want to rethink that statement. The top picture is a 44 Winchester cylinder. Lying next to it is a 44 Winchester cartridge and a 44 Smith & Wesson Russian cartridge. The bottom picture is the same 44 Winchester cylinder but now it has the same 44 Winchester cartridge and 44 Smith & Wesson Russian cartridge in the cylinder. You can shoot 44 Russian in a 44/40 revolver. Probably would not feed well in a rifle, but it works in a pistol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 4 minutes ago, Alpo said: You can shoot 44 Russian in a 44/40 revolver. Probably would not feed well in a rifle, but it works in a pistol. I know that 44 Russian will feed in a 45 Colt Winchester 1894! Wife grabbed the wrong ammo once and then asked me why the cartridges were so deformed when ejected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 A friend was shooting my Super Blackhawk one time. I looked at his target. He was shooting at 25 feet, but he didn't have a group, he had a pattern. Look like he was shooting buckshot at 50 yards. Then he ejected the brass. Aha. "You should not shoot 357 in a 44. The bullets need to touch the barrel on the way down. That helps to keep the holes closer together." And the 6 357 cases split from mouth to rim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 I world not Pick einher one. I would choose double action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 20 minutes ago, Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life said: I world not Pick einher one. I would choose double action So why does that mean you can't choose either of those cartridges? There are many people here in the Saloon (ACS) that have double action revolvers in 45. Birdgun and Pat immediately spring to mind. And while I don't have a DA45 Colt anymore, I do have this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 How about a DA 44-40? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 .45 Colt. All week, and twice on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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