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In every Lyman Reloading manual, every Hornady Reloading Manual and in the One Book, One Caliber Reloading Manual, they state that the 45 long colt does not exist, it's a mistaken name, erroneously used.
Does anyone call the 45 Auto Rim a 45 short colt OR call the 454 Casull and the 460 S&W a 45 longer colt?
Can we reverse this trend of fake information?
just a name that it got stuck with
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Did you check the Hornaday manual? ;)
I agree.When it came out in 1873 it was simply a .45 Colt. If you look at the barrels on a Anaconda or a S&W 25-5 it says .45 COLT not Long Colt.
Yes sir, you are correct. My Ruger Redhawk and my S&W 25-5 both say 45 Colt as do my reloading dies plus EVERY piece of 45 Colt brass.Sent from my SM-G960U using TapatalkQuote:
Originally Posted by RawhideKid 1886
This is a dead horse. It's been beaten to death, burned, and the ashes eaten.
45 Long Colt is a name that the round is stuck with, even though it's not technically correct.
I get what you say. But the term 45 Long Colt has been in use for so long I think it would be next to impossible to change. Yes most know from the beginning it was called the 45 Colt. But somewhere someone stuck Long on it and it stuck. And I don't think it's going away.
Just a matter of what people want to call it.
Doesn't bother me either way.
We all know what it is :)
Exactly. Everyone knows what it is, whether someone says long or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wes Sage
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I guess it's okay to use other nomenclatures for all the other cartridges?
I thought reloading was a fairly precise hobby?
What's to stop some newbie from thinking that the 454 Casull is a 45 long Colt since it is longer cartridge and it is 45 caliber?
Why further the ignorance?
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The "45 Long Colt" was adopted after the name, "44 Short Pony" was scrapped...
[the above was irony, a joke, kidding]
It will always be 45LC to this older guy.
Put a 45LC and a 454Casull side by side and look at them until your eyes are permanently crossed. The difference is internal. --- SAWMAN
Ok, horse is getting beaten to death :)
I made a post about it on another page. I myself find the history of the “Long” Colt interesting, and makes a lot of sense why it came about. Way back when, the U.S. Army adopted the .45S&W (.45Schofield) as their standard revolver cartridge. The 1873 Colt revolver was still the issue side arm. The .45S&W would fit in a revolver chambered in .45Colt (just like a 38 special fits in a .357 Magnum). At the time that the .45S&W was being issued there was still surplus .45Colt ammunition. The soldiers started referring to them as the .45 Long (Colt) and the .45 Short (S&W). So the .45 “Long” Colt was born, and the nomenclature has lasted through several generations.
I’m not saying that Long is right, just that it is interesting, and understandable why some would refer to it that way.
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