| 3DogMike |
| (.400 member) |
| 31/07/22 12:20 AM |
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Re: Winchester Model 1873 - The Gun That Won The West
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Is .45 Colt and .45 Long Colt the same?
I was told the original 1873s were not chambered in .45 Colt. Is this correct? Doesn't matter to me. A lever action and revolver in the same cartridge would be cool.
Yes, In modern vocabulary usage they are the same cartridge. The term "Long Colt" was an expression that individuals used to differentiate between the .45 Colt and the .45 Schofield as both the cartridges were in common use at the time. Both would fit in the Colt Peacemaker….the "Long Colt", as they dubbed it, would not fit in the Schofield revolver.
The original 1873 was not chambered in .45 Colt, mostly due to the very small rim on those original cartridges. There was simply not enough rim for the extractor to reliably hold on to.
- Mike