.45 not .44?

[GENTLEMAN OF THE CHARCOAL]

Hi Scrat. Hope you're doing well out there. Heard about all the rain hitting those burned over areas. Hope you'll be alright and stay safe....

 

[BHP FAN]

one point no one's hit on is that maybe it WAS a .45 before you shaved the lead ring off of it to load it,but what size is that chamber?

 

[mykeal]

????
If 'caliber' is defined as the land to land measurement (which, by the way, it is) then what difference does it make what the chamber diameter is????

 

[Oyeboten]

The Chamber diameter should not be smaller than the Land-to-Land measure...nor too much larger than the Groove-to-Groove, of course...

Lol...

 

[mykeal]

Interesting I'm sure, but again, what does that have to do with 'caliber'?

 

[MachIVshooter]

The .44/.45 became the traditional army caliber and the .36/.38 the traditional Navy caliber because the Navy did not have to shoot horses.

I can't imagine trying to down a horse with a .44 cal BP revolver. My experience is that even with a 35 gr. charge of FFFg, my 1861 has worse penetration than a .45 ACP.