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.45 ACP Cartridge

admin · 2026-03-16T23:03:43.436Z

Spent more than a few range days putting .45 ACP through its paces — and a fair amount of time at the reloading bench working with 230-grain FMJ. So when something catches my eye in a write-up on this old cartridge, it's worth talking through. The Army's short-term fix was to pull old .45 Colt Single Action Army revolvers out of storage — some dating back to the Indian Wars campaigns — and reissue them. The heavier bullet performed noticeably better. Think about that for a second — the Army...

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.45 ACP Cartridge

The .45 ACP — short for Automatic Colt Pistol — is a rimless, straight-walled handgun cartridge designed by John Moses Browning in 1904. Its specifications are straightforward: a .452-inch bullet diameter, a case length of .898 inches, and a standard

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