Yep! There it is one of the last things a lot of folks had an “Interaction” with over the past 100 plus years.

From its start in the Wild West. Thru the Philippines Insurrection & The Mexican Revolution and a lot of other places. Where a person had to be ready to protect themselves. Since the only 911 was in your holster.
Thru it all, the 45 colt has earned a well deserved reputation of putting you target down.
Which is why I am such a firm believer &  member. Of the big slow & heavy bullet club, when it comes time to stand & deliver.
Here is some information about this great pistol round!
Grumpy
Ps Since I do not reload myself and know even less about powder loads or what nots. DO NOT USE THIS FOR A RELOADING INFORMATION CHART. BUY THE BOOK!  Grumpy

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Colt New Service Revolver ( .45 Colt)

45 Colt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not to be confused with .45 ACP.

For both firearm-related and non-firearm uses of the term “Colt .45,” including disambiguation between various pistols and revolvers, see Colt 45.

.45 Colt
Type	Revolver
Place of origin	United States
Service history
Used by	United States
Production history
Designer	U.S. Army
Designed	1872
Specifications
Case type	Rimmed, straight
Bullet diameter	.454 in (11.5 mm)
Neck diameter	.480 in (12.2 mm)
Base diameter	.480 in (12.2 mm)
Rim diameter	.512 in (13.0 mm)
Rim thickness	.060 in (1.5 mm)
Case length	1.285 in (32.6 mm)
Overall length	1.600 in (40.6 mm)
Case capacity	41.60 gr H2O (2.696 cm3)
Rifling twist	1 in 16 in (410 mm)
Primer type	Large Pistol
Maximum pressure	14,000 psi (97 MPa)
Maximum CUP	14000 CUP

The .45 Colt or sometimes mistakenly called .45 Long Colt (.45 LC)(11.48×33mmR) cartridge is a handgun cartridge dating to 1872. It is a black-powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver.
This cartridge was adopted by the U.S. Army in 1873 and served as an official US military handgun cartridge for 14 years.
While it is sometimes referred to as .45 Long Colt or .45 LC, to differentiate it from the shorter .45 S&W Schofield, as both were used by the Army at the same period of time prior to the adoption of the M1887 Govt.^[1]
It was only an unofficial designation by Army quartermasters.^[2] Current catalog listings of compatible handguns list the caliber as .45 LC and .45 Colt.^[3]

Contents

 

• 1History
• 2Cartridge loads
  • 2.1High Pressure Ammunition
  • 2.2Handloading
• 3Uses
• 4Influence on other cartridges
• 5Gallery
• 6See also
• 7References
• 8External links

History[edit]

The .45 Colt was a joint development between Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Conn.
Colt began work on the revolver in 1871, and submitted a sample to the U.S. Army in late 1872. The revolver was accepted for purchase in 1873.^[4]
The cartridge is an inside lubricated type. The rebated heel type bullet design of its predecessor, the .44 Colt (.452 -.454″ diameter bullet), was eliminated, since it was an outside lubricated type, which would pick up dirt and grit during handling.
The .45 Colt replaced the .50 caliber Model 1871 Remington single shot pistol and the various cap-and-ball revolvers converted to take metallic cartridges in use at the time.
While the Colt remained popular, the Smith & Wesson M1875 Army Schofield Revolver was approved as an alternate which created a logistic problem for the Army.
The S&W revolver used the .45 S&W Schofield, a shorter cartridge, which would also work in the Colt, however the Army’s S&W Schofield revolvers could not chamber the longer .45 Colt.^[5]
So in the mid 1880s Frankford Arsenal, then almost exclusive supplier of small arms ammunition to the U.S. Army, dropped production of the .45 Colt in favor of the .45 S&W round.
Adoption of the .45 M1887 Military Ball Cartridge resolved the Army’s ammunition logistic problems. The M1887 Govt round was replaced by the .38 Long Colt in 1892.
In 1909, the .45 M1909 round was issued along with the .45 Colt New Service revolver. This round was never loaded commercially, and is almost identical to the original .45 Colt round, except having a larger diameter rim.
The rim is large enough that it cannot be loaded in adjacent chambers in the rod-ejector Colt model.
The .45 Colt remains popular with renewed interest in Cowboy Action Shooting. Additionally, the round has seen resurgence as a cartridge in handgun hunting and Metallic Silhouette Shooting competitions beginning in the 1950s with the introduction of stronger heavier framed handguns.
The cartridge’s popularity has also increased with the increased marketing of handguns that can also fire the .410 bore shotgun shell, such as the Taurus Judge and the S&W Governor.
The modern .45 Colt bullet has changed as well, and it is now .451 inches in diameter for jacketed bullets, and .452 for lead bullets. The .45 Colt became the basis for other rounds, such as the .454 Casull.^[6][7]

Cartridge loads[edit]

The .45 Colt originally was a black-powder cartridge, but modern loadings use smokeless powder.
The original black-powder loads called for 28 to 40 grains (1.8 to 2.6 g) of black powder behind a 230-to-255-grain (14.9 to 16.5 g) lead bullet. These loads developed muzzle velocities of up to 1,050 ft/s (320 m/s).^[6]
Because of this power and its excellent accuracy, the .45 Colt was the most-used cartridge at the time of its introduction, succeeding the .44 WCF (or the .44-40 Winchester).
The .45 Colt at that time did not enjoy the .44-40’s advantage of a Winchester rifle chambered for it, allowing use of the same cartridge in both pistol and rifle.^[8]
The rumor was that early .45 Colt cartridges had a very minimal rim, and would not eject reliably. Currently manufactured brass has a rim of adequate diameter for such uses.
Modern Winchesters, Marlins and replicas have remedied this omission almost 100 years after the fact, and the .45 Colt is now available in modern lever-action rifles.
While this has been one of numerous arguments to explain the lack of a rifle chambered in .45 Colt, in fact, Colt would not authorize the use of their .45 Colt in other manufacturer’s’ arms.
It required the expiration of those original patents for the .45 Colt to become available in a rifle.^[8] However, this does not explain the absence of a .45 Colt chambering (or indeed any of Colt’s own cartridges) in the Colt-Burgess lever-action or Colt Lightning slide-action rifles, lending more credence to there being a basic problem with colt’s revolver cartridges.
(it’s notable that modern .45 colt cartridge rims are still quite narrow, but feature an extractor groove cut into the base of the case, a feature common to most modern cartridges but not at all common in the late 1800s)
Today’s standard factory loads develop around 400 ft·lbf (540 J) of muzzle energy at about 860 ft/s (260 m/s), making it roughly equivalent to modern .45 ACP loads.
There are Cowboy Action Shooting loads which develop muzzle velocities of around 750 ft/s (230 m/s).
Cartridges of the World ^[9] states that .45 Colt should never be loaded to more than 800 fps.

High Pressure Ammunition[edit]

Some handloads and factory manufactured cartridges put this round in the same class as the .44 Magnum using special revolvers.^[9][10]
These loads cannot be used in any original Colt Single-Action Army or replica thereof, such as those produced by Uberti, Beretta, the Taurus Gaucho, or the Ruger New Vaquero, as these guns are built on the smaller frame with thinner cylinder walls.
These loads should be used only in modern large-frame revolvers such as the Ruger Blackhawk, Redhawk, Ruger’s original Vaquero (sometimes erroneously referred to as the “Old Model” which would differentiate it from the “New Model,” a completely different kind of design change).
Thompson Center Contender. “Magnum” 45 Colt loadings can also be safely fired from any gun chambered in either the .454 Casull and .460 S&W Magnum cartridges, though proper feeding may be an issue in repeating rifles chambered for either the .454 or .460 as the OAL is significantly shorter.
Modern rifles with strong actions (such as the Winchester Model 1894, Marlin Model 1894, and new clones of the Winchester Model 1892) chambered for the cartridge can safely handle the heavier loadings.^[6]

Handloading[edit]

Colt .45 revolvers made until early WWII had barrels with .454″ groove diameters. After this diameters of .451 – .452″ were produced.
Using .454″ diameter bullets in the smaller barrels will work but will generate higher pressures. Cases used with .454″ bullets may have to be full length resized to work in newer guns.^[11]
Speer handloading guidance states that the loads they show should be used only in handguns made specifically for modern smokeless powder.
The loads mentioned in No. 10 reloading manual state that they do not exceed 15,000 psi. This is the equivalent of Plus P loading as normal pressure for the .45 Colt is 14,000 psi.^[11]
In a section specifically titled, “45 Colt for Ruger or Contender only” Speer makes reference to velocities up to 1300 feet per second with 200 grains bullets.
They also state that pressures do not exceed 25,000 psi (CUP). This is well beyond a pressure that can destroy even modern guns chambered in .45 Colt.^[11]

Uses

Colt began work on their 1873 Single Action Army Model in 1871.
Sample cartridges submitted for Army tests were made by UMC, using the Benet cup primers; commercial ammunition used the Berdan-type primer, followed by the more common Boxer priming.
Original UMC loads used a 40-grain (2.6 g) powder charge and 255-grain (16.5 g) bullet. This was reduced to 35-grain (2.3 g) of powder, and later, by the Army, to 28-grain (1.8 g).
The .45 Colt cartridge remains in use 144 years after its introduction. It is used as a hunting load on animals the size of deer and black bear.
Heavier handloads will take the same range of big game animals as the .44 Magnum. Several two-barrel derringers are sold that are chambered in .45 Colt, and some of these derringers can chamber a .410 bore shotgun shell without any modifications being required.^[12]
Revolvers chambered in .410 shotgun, such as the Taurus Judge and the Smith & Wesson Governor, are usually chambered for the .45 Colt as well.
A popular use for the .45 Colt today is in Cowboy Action Shooting, where the round is often fired from either original or replicas of the 1873 Colt Single-Action Army.^[13]
Winchester, Marlin Firearms, Henry Repeating Arms, Chiappa Firearms, Rossi, Uberti, Cimarron Firearms and other manufacturers produce lever-action rifles chambered in .45 Colt.
Colt has resumed production of the Single-Action Army, and many SAA replicas and near-replicas as well as modern-design single-actions by Ruger are chambered for this cartridge.

Influence on other cartridges

The .45 Colt became the basis for the much more powerful .454 Casull cartridge, with the .454 Casull having a slightly longer and stronger case.
Any .454 Casull revolver will chamber and fire .45 Colt and .45 Schofield, but not the inverse due to the Casull’s longer case.
The .460 S&W Magnum is a longer version of the .454 Casull and the .45 Colt. Likewise, .460 Magnum revolvers can chamber and fire the three lesser cartridges, but again, not the reverse.^[14]

Gallery[edit]

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  .45 Colt shown alongside other cartridges. From left to right: .30-06, 7.62×39mm, .454 Casull, .45 Colt, .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .45 ACP, 9×19mm Parabellum, .380 ACP, .22 Long Rifle
• 

  .45 Colt cartridge featuring a jacketed hollow point bullet
• 

  All-lead hollow point and flat nose .45 Colt cartridges
• 

  Cartridges .45 Colt

Now if you want a rock solid Winchester rifle made before the rot started to set with them. Then I most highly suggest that you think about getting one of these excellent rifles.
You will also have an added bonus as these rifles if properly taken cared for. While almost never go down in value.

Please Folks, no Pollock jokes in the comment section!
Poland has always been a hard luck country in may ways. What with being caught between Russia to the East and Germany to the West. Making it a kind of speed bump between the two.
Yeah I know too soon!

All right already, we get the picture! Move on!
So not being stupid. The Poles once they regained their independence after WWI. Quickly started up their own arms industry. Having looked around to see what was out there.
Wisely, they settled on the Mauser Bolt Action system. But as a relatively poor country. It could not match either Germany or Russia in military might. So you can guess the rest of the story.
I actually doubt that the Poles charged Tanks with Lances.
Moving right on. These are a very hard gun to find as they really got dragged thru WWII. As the Germans were more than happy to take these rifles into their army.
But if you can find one. They will make a great addition to anyone’s collection.



Here is some more information about these forgotten Guns!

https://youtu.be/nV_LD_0sSUo?t=4

https://youtu.be/Gin39VbpKWQ?t=11

https://youtu.be/nV_LD_0sSUo?t=9

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Polish Mauser, A Short HIstory!

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Gewehr 29/40 Mauser

The Polish Mauser from Wiki
The Karabinek wz.29 (Kbk wz.29; Polish: carbine model 29) was a Polish bolt-action short rifle based on the German Kar98AZ.
Identifying attributes include a 98/05 style mast bayonet lug ending directly beneath the front sight and winged protective ears to either side of the front sight blade.
Cavalry models featured a turned-down bolt handle, and early versions had a stacking hook near the end of the stock on the right side.

Design history

After regaining independence, the Polish Army was armed with weapons left over from the nations that occupied Poland during the Partition Era.
Including Russian M91 Mosin–Nagants, Austrian Steyr-Mannlichers, and German Gewehr 98s.
French Berthiers and Lebelsfrom the soldiers of the Blue Army were also on hand, as well as guns from Great Britain such as the Lee–Enfield and Japanese Arisaka.
As a result, at the end of Polish-Soviet War in 1921, the Polish army was armed with approximately 24 types of guns and 22 rifles firing different ammunition.
Since no armies ever have desired multiple types of firearms in multiple calibers for the same role due to the training, maintenance, and logistical nightmares involved.
The Polish Army sought to adopt a single type of rifle. Conveniently, the Treaty of Versailles, having established the Free City of Danzig, gave the Polish access to the tooling and machinery at the Danzig Arsenal.
Facilitating the choice of the Mauser 98 action as the basis for any new Polish military rifle. The Mauser was also arguably one of the best bolt-action rifles at the time and the best available to Poland.
Production of the wz.98 began in July 1922, after the Danzig machinery was moved to Warsaw to create the National Rifle Factory in Radom.
Two years later, production of the wz.98 rifles was stopped. The military sought to adopt an intermediate-length rifle.
Such as the Lee–Enfield, M1903 Springfield, and the German Karabiner 98a. Due to conclusions drawn from combat experience in World War I and the Polish-Soviet War.
It was based on the German Karabiner 98a. Polish K98a rifles differed from the German K98a only in minor technical details.
Field use of the K98a rifles showed that as an infantry weapon, and not a weapon for auxiliary or special troops as originally purposed, the design was inadequate.
The greatest flaw was the weak bayonet mount (the bayonet lug would break off when hitting hard objects). The K98a also used a small-ring Mauser action, which complicated production and parts interchangeability.
Following the postwar shift to large-ring carbines with 600 mm barrels and Gewehr 98-style bayonet lug/muzzle lengths, such as the Czech vz. 24, the decision was made to develop an intermediate model rifle for the Polish Army.
The design was finalized in 1929. The new wz.29 rifle was based on the old wz.98 rifle.
But with a shortened stock and barrel, stronger alloys for the receiver and barrel, a reinforced chamber, and increased dimensional tolerance in the action. This allowing for easy interchangeability of parts.
There were two versions of the rifle: Infantry models had straight bolt handles, while cavalry models had curved handles. Since both variations used the same stock, infantry models had a cutout in the stock for the curved handle.
Production of new weapons began in 1930 at the National Arms Factory in Radom. Despite wz. 98a long rifle production beginning in 1936, wz.29 production continued until September 1939, with a total of approximately 264,000 rifles produced, including rifles for export to Spain and Afghanistan.
During the September Campaign, wz.29 rifles were used by the Polish Army in the defense of Poland, against German troops using the similar Karabiner 98k.
After the defeat of Poland, they were used by the guerrillas of the Polish Underground. Captured wz.29 rifles were also used by the Wehrmacht as the Gewehr 298 (p).

Technical overview

Carbine wz.29 was a bolt-action rifle, with typical Mauser-action lock, with two large main lugs at the bolt head and a third safety lug at the rear of the it.
Ammunition was supplied from a fixed, two-row box magazine holding five rounds.
A three-position safety catch was attached at the rear of the bolt, securing the firing pin.
The sights consisted of an open post-type front sight, and a tangent-type rear sight with a V-shaped rear notch; the rear sight was a rear tangent sight was graduated 100 to 2000 meters at 100-meter intervals.
The weapon was equipped with a knife-type bayonet wz.29.

Operators

•  Afghanistan – 100
•  Nazi Germany: some captured in 1939, rest produced under Occupation of Poland
•  Palestine – 1.697
•  Republic of China – 12.450
•  Saudi Arabia – 13.000
•  Second Polish Republic – around 250.000, standard-issue rifle
•  Soviet Union: some captured in 1939
•  Spanish Republic – 95.894, without Polish markings,
•  Spanish State: captured from Republicans

Around 10.561 were exported to unknown customer, probably Spanish Republic or Spanish State.

“Competition Breeds Excellence” is more than a fanciful quote.  To the guys at CZ Custom in Mesa, Arizona, those three words fuel the fire of creativity and drive them to build better and better handguns.
It also has the founder of the company, Angus Hobdell, traveling to IPSC matches the world over to prove it’s more than a motto. 

Innovation and Excellence

I am most fortunate to have for review the latest brilliant innovation from CZC, the CZ-75 Bull Shadow. My sample gun (a pre-production unit) was shipped to me only one day before I took it to compete in a steel challenge match.
While I enjoy the challenge of competing with guns I have never fired before, when that start timer sounds, it can be nerve-wracking for any manufacturer whose confidence in their guns is less than 100%.
It is well known that I “show and tell” what happened like it happened, and not every gun performs well.

SPECS

• Type: Hammer-fired pistol
• Cartridge: 9mm
• Capacity: 15+1 rds.
• Trigger: 3.5 lbs. (SA); 7 lbs. (DA)
• Overall Length: 8.5 in.
• Barrel Length: 4.8 in.
• Weight: 40 oz.
• Width: 1.6 in.
• MSRP: $1,495 –$1,650
• Manufacturer: CZ USA

 
However, the CZC Bull Shadow is, in my mind, the perfect blend of CZ USA technology and CZ Custom know-how. These two entities have combined what is arguably the most ergonomic frame ever created with the first use of a Bull Barrel in a CZ handgun!
I am a CZ-75 fan and while I started shooting IPSC/USPSA with an Ithaca 1911A1 (before these games had divisions by gun type) within a year or so I had moved on to my first of many CZ-75 “clones.” I put many, many rounds through Springfield P-9s and Tanfoglio parts kit guns; I always loved the “feel” yet suffered from the lack of reliability.
That was decades ago. But today, with CZ-USA and more importantly CZ Custom on the scene, one can now have it all: reliability, accuracy, an incredibly smooth trigger and that oh-so-wonderful ergonomic connection between hand and handgun inherent in the CZ-75 grip frame.
If you only take away one lesson from this article, take this one statement to heart: this CZ Custom Bull Shadow is one of the top 3 handguns I have reviewed.
Considering that I have tested and reviewed over 30 handguns in the competitive arena alone, that statement is not proffered lightly.

The 4-1-1 on Bull Barrels

What is a bull barrel and why might you want one?  Custom pistolsmiths have been tweaking and tuning competition handguns since we have had handgun competitions!  Bullseye, Bowling Pins, Metallic Silhouette, Bianchi Cup, IPSC or IDPA or USPSA – each and every discipline has its devotees and its custom hardware.
And in all of them oversized, match-grade, heavy weighted, hand fitted “Bull Barrels” have been employed. Check the photos to see the difference between a stock CZ-75 barrel and is Bull Shadow counterpart.  Now that is putting the “bull” in bull barrel.
The benefits observed in using bull barrels in self-loading “Browning style” tilting barrel handguns is due to their weight.
Not only is there more weight at the muzzle-end of the gun where it can reduce muzzle lift, there is also greater initial mass that must be overcome during the recoil cycle. Increasing that mass reduces recoil as some of the energy must be used to move the combined weight of the heavy bull barrel and slide.
My particular sample gun was built by CZC’s Master Maker (aka Head Gunsmith), and a man of many talents, Eric Zinn. Zinn’s attention to detail even in this rushed-to-me project was evident in his most excellent fit of the Bull Barrel and truly superior trigger work.
Fitting a bull barrel is more labor intensive than a “traditional” unit and the fire control components more complex. For Zinn to make this all come together in near perfection in just a few hours is simply amazing! Oh…and he is also the man who shot, signed and provided the enclosed test target that I show in the video.

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From Box to Match

Let’s do some shooting! Unless a deadline is pressing I try to shoot review guns twice through a match and that generally nets me 300+ rounds in actual competition.
The event I competed with this pistol required more than 400 rounds to complete. Not quite satiated at the end of the match I continued to pour another couple hundred through it later that day.
I shoot these guns right out of the box with nothing more than a field strip, bore check and lubing. Any mechanical device can fail and guns are no exception.
While I was delighted with the 3.5-pound, single-action trigger, I was concerned that the wonderfully smooth 7.5-pound, double-action trigger would not be able to reliably ignite factory ammo primers.
Many competition shooters rely on the easier to light Federal primers in their own reloads when running DA trigger pulls in this weight class. Despite my pre-match concern, however, I am happy to report that this CZ Custom Bull Shadow never failed to go bang on my asking.

A Few Issues

Not everything was perfect with this pre-production CZC Bull Shadow.  During accuracy testing, I found that the beautiful set of fixed sights were regulated to place bullets 6 inches above the aiming point at 25 yards.
Perhaps that accounted for one or two of my misses at the match, but it was sure apparent when I was holding hard on one bull during accuracy testing and hitting the one above it. The other less-than-perfect item was noticed during field stripping.
The recoil spring guide rod bushing is fit so tight in the slide that it must be pressed or tapped out. That unnecessarily complicates the takedown process and can lead to frustration. I immediately shared these issues with the good guys in Mesa, Arizona, and was assured that these two issues will be resolved well before release. These are set to be released in January 2018.
 

Lasting Impressions

That said, overall I am quite impressed with this masterfully assembled yet rushed to me pre-production gun bearing a brand new USA made slide and barrel.
Not only did it run flawlessly over the course of 700 rounds fired, it demonstrated superior accuracy as well!  I shot a total of 50 rounds for accuracy at 25 yards off of a pair of sandbags. Those 50 rounds were comprised of 10 rounds of each of five kinds of ammunition.
The average of all 50 shots was 1.68 inches. I wish I would have had time before the deadline for this article to take this fine shooter out to 50 yards, where I am sure it would shine. And I don’t say that about many handguns.

Check out our review of the CZ Shadow 2 in 9mm.

Beyond this innovative competition pistol, the CZ Custom shop builds many guns built for use by us good guys that carry daily.  Compact CZs of all stripes, 1911 and Browning Hi Powers just to name a few.  Each built with the care and knowledge that any one of their creations could be called upon to defend life and limb.
Looking for something unique? Something with a personal flair? Perhaps a gift or something to show-off to your gun buddies? CZ Custom has you covered as all manner of high-end artistry is available.

Here’s an example of some other CZ Custom options.

This gun was meant to be used, and while it was pretty enough to be the “queen of the gunsafe.”  It was lubed, loaded and ridden to two match wins.
Then I continued to hammer it both before and after my accuracy testing. So as you check out the photos, remember they are “post-Patrick” and I added those competition character enhancements myself.
The CZ Custom Bull Shadow is in my mind a USPSA Production Division masterpiece. It is truly a pleasure to shoot, wicked accurate and the trigger is outstanding.  Over the course of the 700 rounds downrange it never even hinted at a malfunction.
Thank you, CZ Custom Shop for “lending” me this beautiful ballistic tool … but you ain’t getting this one back.  I just paid the invoice in FULL.
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