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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