What cartridges can be used in .45ACP revolvers

[Quiet]

Quick question.

What other cartridges can be safely used in a .45ACP revolver?

I was told, by gun store staff, you can safely use .45ACP, .45AutoRim and .45GAP. Is that true?

Gun store guy was trying to sell me on a brace of .45ACP revolvers (S&W Model 325PD and Webley Mark VI) that someone put on consignment.

 

[Sistema1927]

I hadn't thought about using the .45 GAP in .45 ACP revolvers, but actually saw a couple of web sites that herald it for faster loading/unloading than the "long" .45 ACP case (?!?). Seems like a bit of a stretch, but here is one of them. I don't think that you can buy .45 GAP cheaper than .45 ACP anywhere, so I fail to see the attraction for this application.

Yes, you can use .45 AR (Auto Rim) without difficulty, and even if you don't reload you can find a wide assortment of .45 ACP loads.

 

[briansp82593]

Yes you can use the GAP rounds... I hear from the people who compete with 625's say it has even less recoil while still keeping major...
Usually they are never cheaper nor more expensive, around KC i find they are roughly the same price.

 

[HighVelocity]

45acp, 45 auto rim and 45gap will indeed work in a S&W 45acp revolver. The rim of the auto rim cartridge is very thick and I can't say if it'll wotk in other manufacturers guns but a S&W will handle them all.

 

[RON in PA]

It should be noted that while S&W 45 ACP revolvers can use 45 auto rim, Taurus 45 ACP revolvers can't. They don't have sufficient clearance and need a special thin moon clip. That's one reason I got rid of my Tracker.

 

[briansp82593]

and a little warning... the 45 gap round will wiggle more in moonclips than 45acp...
and there are dedicated 45 gap clips to fix that

 

[Deer Hunter]

I've also heard of people using .45 Super to hunt with occasionally.

 

[Harley Quinn]

Yes they could be used, but the cost is where the acp would be your better deal, now.

I have in the past used rifle cases to make up the 45 acp rounds. But it is not, of much use now, that they have good +P out.

The situation has to have clips to be viable. The old revolvers that used half moon clips or the full moon is what I used them in. Colt and S&W in 1917 mdls

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1917_revolver

 

[ClemY]

I use .45 ACP and .45 AR in my 625. I haven’t tried .45 GAP, and probably won’t, but I did try .40 S&W in my 610 in 10mm. They worked fine, but while the gun is very accurate with 10mm CCI Blazer, it was much less accurate with .40 S&W Blazer.