Never was and never will be a .45 long Colt. It is .45 Colt.
By that reasoning, there was never a Colt Lightning revolver or a Colt Thunderer revolver.
Those were monikers attached by large distributers/ sales folk.
And nobody would be asking for a “kleenex” …..
They would be asking “ might I please beg a facial tissue for my nose snot? I promise not to give it back.”
Whilst not “official” , As USMR said, the term was used by the common folk to distinguish
Betwixt the different rounds. If I weren’t overly toasted I would post the numerous different
Common .45 calibers of the era….
Off the top of my head I can recall
.45 short colt
.45 colt government
.45 schofieeld
.45 colt aka .45 long colt
The debate over whether there is a .45 "Long" Colt cartridge is an on-going one that has been active for probably 75 years. Elmer Keith alluded to the arguments many years ago when he wrote "...Some newcomers to the game claim there is no such animal, but if they had shot the short variety that Remington turned out in such profusion before, during and after World War I they would see there was some basis in referring to the .45 Colt as the .45 Long..." (Sixguns, page 285)
And
As far as I know there have never been any .45 Colt cartridges headstamped "Long" and though I have reports of old cartridge boxes marked "45 Long" I have never personally seen any. Mr. Keith referred to them from time to time as "long" Colt's (with a small "L"). If you have ever seen the short Colt .45's you can understand why.
The Winchester .45 Colt's that Paco and I have came from Shootist Keith Owlett who gave them to us a short time before he passed on. The cartridge box is deteriorated and I have it put away - at least what's left of it. But it is plainly marked ".45 Colt Government". The headstamp on the cartridges is ".45 Colt" ...BUT these are SHORT .45 Colts! The headstamp is the same as the longer .45 Colts, even down to the "W" on the primers.
While I can't prove it, I believe the usage was common since Colt had factory cartridges like the .32 Short Colt, .32 Long Colt, .38 Short Colt, .38 Long Colt, .41 Short Colt and the .41 Long Colt.
https://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/45_short_colt.htmAnd
There was another rimmed short .45 revolver cartridge not mentioned, which was one made up specifically for use in the 1907 U. S. Army pistol trials. It was called (unofficially) the .45 S&W Special or the ".45 Model of 1906" (and sometimes the .45 Frankford), but it was never adopted by the U.S. military or sold commercially on the civilian market. Its case length was about 0.92". It is purely in the realm of serious cartridge collectors today as examples are hard to come by. Some were made by Frankford Arsenal, but most were made by UMC, as Frankford had quality problems making it. There is considerable information available about it, some being on this forum. Note that it is not the same as the .45 Schofield or the .45 M1909 (which is simply the full-length .45 Colt case with a larger diameter rim).
https://smith-wessonforum.com/reloading/655272-colt-45-short.htmlLife is to short to count stitches and argue over cotton thread, poly thread, linen, flax, short, long,
Deer sinew thread, buffalo sinew thread, articial sinew…
Blah blah…
Except when we get bored on the interwebs
Just in case,
No offense
this is not a slight nor an insult
It is a funny.
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