45 Colt

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Looks like I never followed up with my 8.0gr unique with the 230gr rainier HP. I tried it in my bond arms derringer, Taurus judge 2.5” barrel, cimarron peacemaker, and Ruger SBH. It shot great out of all 4. I was impressed. The best part was that it is absolutely the most accurate 45 colt load I’ve ever shot out of the derringer.


JTD

[Chief Ten Beers]

I use 250 gr cast lead bullets and 5.5 gr of Trail Boss.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

I use 250 gr cast lead bullets and 5.5 gr of Trail Boss.

Ive used that same exact load for many years. Very accurate and low recoil.


JTD

[Chief Ten Beers]

Ive used that same exact load for many years. Very accurate and low recoil.


JTD

I started with 5.8 grs of Trail Boss, then I backed down to 5.5 grs.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

I started with 5.8 grs of Trail Boss, then I backed down to 5.5 grs.

5.5gr is definitely the sweet spot for me.


JTD

[Chief Ten Beers]

5.5gr is definitely the sweet spot for me.


JTD

What are you shooting out of? I shoot mine out of SAA's.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

This is mine.




JTD

[Chief Ten Beers]

Nice!

This is my Uberti Remington, the other two are Colt models. I don't have any pictures of them yet. One of them has an extra cylinder for .45 ACP.
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[Flyeralan]

Great caliber, great history. Thank you both for sharing something that I know very little about.

[Harter]

Flyer .

Some tidbits amassed from many forums and probably weeks of reading over the last 30 years .
The 45 Colts most likely was saddled with Long Colts because it was commonly used to separate it from the shorter 45 S&W "Schofield" . Briefly something like 1887-89' the Army also had a cartridge intended to cure the supply chain difficulty of the 45 S&W's larger rim dia in the SAA Colts . It was the correct length for the S&W Schofield pistol with the smaller dia rim for the SAA Colts and allowed enough purchase for the ejector to function in the S&W. It was effectively a Short Colts .
Most users wanted the Longer Colts cartridge .
So in the company of CASS &SASS as well as collectors you'll get beat up if you call it a 45 Long Colts . It doesn't end there though they will also argue about the Colts vs Colt's vs Colt . In my mind since Mom's 1917 Colts built on a 1905 frame is plainly marked Colts manufacturing I would have to draw the conclusion that Sam Colt wanted it to be Colts' possession plural not Colt's possession singular . This is made more likely by the lingering proper English and the common teaching of Latin in Highschool . It then became just Colts plural as the ' was dropped because print cost per letter or character . That happened long before the 1873 SAA probably closer to 1848 .

Now I've shared my otherwise useless information .