45 Winchester Magnum
450 Magnum Express
45 Webley
45 Auto
45 GAP
45 HP
45 ACP
45 Super
45 Schofield
45 Colt Government
45 Colt
45-70
45-75
45-60
45-100
45 Sporting
45-90
45-125
45-85
Other
460 Rowland
454 Casull
45 Auto Rim
How do I answer? My favorite is .45 Colt but I shoot far more .45 ACP and I love .45-70 Government. All are well over 100 years old.
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So here's the thing... 45 ACP is just a chubby fat 9mm. Semi auto pistols have no soul either.
Now the 45 Colt is a much better proportionally sized round. Fat but also long and sexy. Single action revolvers have more soul than anything and really require you as a shooter to involve yourself more in the experience.
That is why 45 Colt has to be the best.
The 1911 pistol has significantly steered the course of my life. Pretty easy to answer this one.
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I have a Ruger new model black hawk 45 colt with a 45 acp cylinder and the acp cylinder wins every time, love it. I have a Just Right carbine in 45 acp and its a tack driver, love that gun. It feeds any profile boolits i think it would feed empty cases.
Dont pee down my back and tell me its raining.
I have a 1911model 80 series 45 and i dont like it. It will only feed round nose boolits, it is accurate. It james on any other boolit profile.
Dont pee down my back and tell me its raining.
I like how R80rt said it. "If the first number is 4 and the second number is 5, it's the best cartridge! "
Agree, also interesting that at this point it is a dead heat between .45colt and .45 ACP. But if you add the .45 auto to the ACP it tips the scales!
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I said 45/70. I would have said 45/90, but I don’t have one yet. I always wish I could get more BP into 45/70s. Surprised 45/70 is number three.
It looks like the 45 Auto/ACP won so far.
I had to vote for the 45 acp ... have done way more shooting and reloading with one in both semi-auto pistol (1911's ) and revolvers .
Competed for years in NRA Bullseye Match ( Precision ? ) 3 gun with 22 LR , 38 special and 45 acp .
Loaded lots and lots of 45 target loads and even won a few trophies . My only first place was in 1911 Service Pistol ... the Gold Cup was jealous that my G.I. Service 1911 could shoot so well ... fixed sights and all !
Seems like the 45 Colt & 45 acp are still top dogs in the 45 fight ...interesting !
Gary
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I wonder if it does not mean the Government load, which was a 230 gr. cast bullet over 28 gr. of 3FG - as opposed to the Civilian load, which was a 250-255 gr. bullet over 40 gr. of 3FG?
I think the .45 Schofield also had the same load as the "Govt." but the rims were too thick to load 5 in the SAA (I've heard you could load 3 but never tried it myself)
BTW, I really like .45 but my favorite is not on the list: .45 Auto Rim - you can do loads in .45 ACP cases but loaded long they will not fit in the 1911.
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I have several, the .45 Win mag, .45 Colt, .45 ACP. I only load the ACP and Colt now because I traded or sold off my Win mags and haven't replaced them... yet.
Regards,
Gary
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