BobWright
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The .45 Colt cartridge has been around a long time, being introduced in the Colt Single Action Army in 1873.
Four you entertainment, here are some specimens of the cartridge over the years, along with some vintage .45 S&W rounds:
The cartridge on the left is from Frankford Arsenal. The M-1873 and M-1875 designations are my own origin to identify the rounds. The .45 S&W on the right has the early Frankford Arsenal H/S "R F" indication "Revolver, Frankford Arsenal." The "9 84" is the date, September of 1884.
These are .45 S&W Schofield rounds, now with "F" indication Frankford Arsenal.
These are vintage commercial cartridges, including the short cased .45 Colt made around the WW I era:
Headstamps of the above rounds. Convention at the time was to use copper primers for black powder, nickel for smokeless, and brass for semi-smokeless powder.
.45 M1909 cartridges. There were never loaded commercially. They cannot be loaded in adjacent chambers in the Colt SAA or the M1878 Double action.
Modern .45 Colt ammunition. Second from right is the full metal case round loaded by Dominion Cartridge Co. of Canada during WW II.
Just for you interest.
Bob Wright
Four you entertainment, here are some specimens of the cartridge over the years, along with some vintage .45 S&W rounds:
The cartridge on the left is from Frankford Arsenal. The M-1873 and M-1875 designations are my own origin to identify the rounds. The .45 S&W on the right has the early Frankford Arsenal H/S "R F" indication "Revolver, Frankford Arsenal." The "9 84" is the date, September of 1884.
These are .45 S&W Schofield rounds, now with "F" indication Frankford Arsenal.
These are vintage commercial cartridges, including the short cased .45 Colt made around the WW I era:
Headstamps of the above rounds. Convention at the time was to use copper primers for black powder, nickel for smokeless, and brass for semi-smokeless powder.
.45 M1909 cartridges. There were never loaded commercially. They cannot be loaded in adjacent chambers in the Colt SAA or the M1878 Double action.
Modern .45 Colt ammunition. Second from right is the full metal case round loaded by Dominion Cartridge Co. of Canada during WW II.
Just for you interest.
Bob Wright