Have not been to hardly any meetings the last 3 1/2 years due to
medical bills. Still, any day above ground is a good day!  :-)  I may
start showing up at meetings with a sleeping bag and trade a place to
crash for NOT telling everybody at the bar all of skeletons in our
elders closets. LOL

The .45 Schofield and .45 Smith and Wesson are the same cartridges.
The .45 Schofield/S&W is shorter and has a wider rim. In the late
1880s, I think about 1887 (can't remember for sure) the army issued a
new shorter cartridge that would fit in both. Again, without having to
go home for all of my books, I think it was designated as the M1877
and ONLY issued to the army.  All of the civilian "Peace-makers" used
the standard .45 Colt.

I think the term Long Colt came into use after WWI and all of the
soldiers just called the ammo for the Model 1911 pistol ".45 Colt".
That became more firmly entrenchedd after WWII. With the polularity of
Cowboy Action Shooting growing so fast from the 1980s onward, they
called it the .45 Long Colt because the vernacular  for .45 Colt had
become univeraslly misapplied to the .45 ACP.

Back to the salt mines.

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Branstner, Mark C
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hey Smoke,
>
> There is quite a bit of discussion in the ammo collecting groups about .45
> Long Colt ... Based on what little I looked at yesterday, there was a
> difference between .45 Colt and .45 Schofield cartridges, with the .45
> Schofield being a little shorter.  Since both were government issued
> pistols, they ultimately went for the Schofield length, as it could be
> used in both pistols.  Thus, the older, longer case was referred to as the
> Long Colt ...
>
> I may have this completely screwed up, but I think that was what I read
> ... But the .45 Long Colt designation was apparently never used formally.
>
> Why aren't you in England?
>
> Mark
>
>
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