Any old articles on the 45ACP

[mickbr]

Folks anyone got any links to articles or PDF's on the 45? Anything from gun reviews, ballistics, ammo tests from guns and ammo or any other publication? I am trying to get a collection together.

[metricmonkeywrench]

Bullets by the Billion, a fun short read.. PM me your e-mail for a copy

[JBinMN]

You can go look around these two websites:

https://www.m1911.org//technic.htm

http://sightm1911.com/

[am44mag]

I'm not sure how old they are, but they were written by John Taffin. He's about as close as you're gonna get to a modern day Keith or Skeeter as far as gun writing goes.

Reloading .45ACP Semi-automatics

http://www.sixguns.com/range/reloading45acpautos.htm

Reloading .45ACP Sixguns

http://www.sixguns.com/range/45ACPSixguns.htm

I have a pretty large digital archive of old gun articles, magazines, and books that I've been building for several years now. I'll see if I have anything else on the 45 ACP for you.

[am44mag]

Here's what I found. I thought I had more on the 45 acp, but I guess not. I have nearly a library's worth of info on the 44 special though, lol.

.45 ACP Lightweight - John Goins/aka beagle

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Cast Hollow Points and the .45 ACP - Glen E. Fryxell

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Playing Hard Ball: Heavy .45 ACP Bullets in Revolvers - John Goins/aka beagle

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45 ACP reload data - Lyman #44 (1967)

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[am44mag]

Found some more.

American Handgunner July/August 1977

A Positive Magazine Ejector - George C. Nonte - pg 6

Instant Trigger Job for the .45 Auto - Terry Hudson - pg 27

http://americanhandgunner.com/1977issues/AHJA77.pdf


American Handgunner July/August 1980

Just How Good is Exammo's Exploding Ammo, and Does it Serve a Purrpose? - Evan P. Marshall - pg 10

Gutridge "Quickline" - Gene Crum - pg 22 (A really cool 1911 sight)

Llama Double-Action Auto - Larry S. Sterett - pg 24

A.M.T. Hardballer Long Slide Color Print - Karl Bosselmann - pg 44

http://americanhandgunner.com/1980issues/HJA80.pdf


American Handgunner July/August 1981

Commando Special - Chuck Taylor - pg 38

Custom Extended Auto - John Spilborghs - pg 82

http://americanhandgunner.com/1981issues/HJA81.pdf


American Handgunner September/October 1981

South African .45 - Al J. Venter - pg 26

3 Caliber Gold Cup - Karl Bosselmann - pg 35

Wilson Combat .45 ACP Giveaway - pg 48

What's Wrong with the .45? - Gordon Stark - pg 78

Hnadgun M.V. - Claud S. Hamilton - pg 84

http://americanhandgunner.com/1981issues/HSO81.pdf


American Handgunner July/August 1982

Field Testing a Newly-Accurized .45 is up to Shooter, Not 'Smith - John G. Lawson - pg 8

Home-Built .45 Auto - Ken Hackathorn - pg 37

Match-Winning .45 Auto Barrels - Dave Arnold - pg 59

http://americanhandgunner.com/1982issues/HJA82.pdf


American Handgunner July/August 1983

Swaged Bullets in the .45 Auto - Don Kutz - pg 35

Favorite Loads - Len Davis - pg 36

http://americanhandgunner.com/1983issues/HJA83.pdf


American Handgunner July/August 1984

Wife and Son Can't Handle the .45 Auto with Full Load Ammo - Mickey Fowler - pg 6

Special-Purpose Handgun Ammo - Al Pickles - pg 42

Shooting for the Gold - Dave Reynolds - pg 46

http://americanhandgunner.com/1984issues/HJA84.pdf

[mickbr]

Aaron, I'm indebted to you, I remember some of those articles from the day. wow!
Thanks everyone
And metricmonkeywrench, recieved email with thanks. A short read, 79 pages, should keep me going for a while.:drinks:

[mickbr]

its like an early christmas!

[Sig556r]

Nice linked articles...

[am44mag]

Aaron, I'm indebted to you, I remember some of those articles from the day. wow!
Thanks everyone
And metricmonkeywrench, recieved email with thanks. A short read, 79 pages, should keep me going for a while.:drinks:

It was no problem at all. I love collecting old articles like that. It's fun to look back and see what people used to think and how they used to do things. I've got a pile of old magazines that I'd like to digitize if I can ever find a good way to do it without cutting them up.

Oh, and I just learned a new trick for searching on Google. If you type in the name of the magazine you want and follow it up with filetype: pdf (without the space between the : and the p) then it will pull up only PDFs. (For example, American Handgunner filetype: pdf). I just found a bunch of magazines that way. I'd watch where you download them from as some sites look a bit sketchy, but there are quite a few out there so you should be able to find plenty of what you're wanting.

[McLintock]

Don't forget Handloader Magazine articles by Ken Water's , he had at least two Pet Loads articles on the 45 ACP; I still use one of his for my self defense load, 7.0 grs of Unique with a Speer 200 gr flying ashtray as it was called.
McLintock

[Texas by God]

NRA publications had a collection of articles on the 1911/.45 ACP in a magazine format.

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[243winxb]

The NRA had a reprint on the 45 acp in 1970. Heres one page. https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?media/45acp.900/full

Same one i have. https://www.ebay.com/itm/192865872933?ul_ref=http%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay. com%252Frover%252F1%252F711-53200-19255-0%252F1%253Fff3%253D2%2526toolid%253D10044%2526cam pid%253D5338235235%2526customid%253D1234%2526lgeo% 253D1%2526vectorid%253D229466%2526item%253D1928658 72933%2526srcrot%253D711-53200-19255-0%2526rvr_id%253D1990681032671%2526rvr_ts%253D0bcc b79a16b0aad083c269a9fff7f4c3&ul_noapp=true

[dbosman]

A possible source for you is the "Guns" magazine archives.
https://gunsmagazine.com/classic-issues/classic-guns-magazine-editions/
1955 through the latest fifty years old date.
I put them on an e-reader and read them on the bus ride home.

[am44mag]

A possible source for you is the "Guns" magazine archives.
https://gunsmagazine.com/classic-issues/classic-guns-magazine-editions/
1955 through the latest fifty years old date.
I put them on an e-reader and read them on the bus ride home.

Thanks! I'm going to enjoy reading all of those old magazines!

[Texas by God]

Has anyone shot #2 pencils at targets with their 1911? I read it in a book and sure enough! It's an offshoot of the firing pin test.

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[tazman]

It was no problem at all. I love collecting old articles like that. It's fun to look back and see what people used to think and how they used to do things. I've got a pile of old magazines that I'd like to digitize if I can ever find a good way to do it without cutting them up.

Oh, and I just learned a new trick for searching on Google. If you type in the name of the magazine you want and follow it up with filetype: pdf (without the space between the : and the p) then it will pull up only PDFs. (For example, American Handgunner filetype: pdf). I just found a bunch of magazines that way. I'd watch where you download them from as some sites look a bit sketchy, but there are quite a few out there so you should be able to find plenty of what you're wanting.

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