The 45 Colt is my favorite caliber also. I have more guns chambered for it than any other. The 45 Colt can do everything the 44 mag can do. And it does it easier with less pressure too.
@@johnharris8191 Well obviously. No one is saying cowboy action loads are better than 44 mag. 45 Colt can do everything the 44mag can do and it can do it easier. Meaning, less pressure to do the same thing.
@@plowboysghost Those people are just expressing their ignorance. Just tell them that Sam Colt developed the cartridge I believe in 1872 and he named it the 45 Colt and the army adopted it a year later and they also called it the 45 Colt. It's always been the 45 Colt. Call it what it is
I completely agree! 45 Colt is good for everything from squirrels to grizzly bears when loaded for the application. Hell just last weekend I was hunting rabbits with my 1866 in 45 colt loaded with some wimpy cowboy loads. Works like a charm.
On "deploying it properly" I recently watched a narration of a talk Wyatt Earp talking about this very subject. If anyone wants advice on the .45 I can't think of a more competent source. The article is "Wyatt Earp Speaks On Gunfighting On The Frontier" The advice is still good. I tried his method of cocking and it works admirably well. Even with some double action revolvers, and it brings the weapon on target very naturally. I'll also note this: if you compare lawman shooting then and now it won't take much thought to see something is wrong. These old timers ended gun fights in one or two shots. Usually one. As opposed to 18. (yes I'm thinking of Ferguson where the officer missed with half his magazine) I think you are much closer to the truth than 95% of the "tacticool" crowd.
45 Colt loaded with 40 grains of Swiss FFFg under a 255 gr bullet will hit over 1000 fps from a 5.5" single action, stay on a 9-inch paper plate to 120 yards and kill anything in front of it to that range, yet has manageable recoil, and low pressure that won't rupture your eardrums in a small room. Modern progressive smokeless powders make it easy to duplicate that black powder velocity at the same low 14000 psi chamber pressure. Any handgun that is superbly accurate, shoots like a carbine to 100+ yards, hits like a freight train at low pressure that won't rupture your eardrums, saves your brass for easy reloading, and is in a easily hidden package[Single Action] for such a large caliber 6-shot revolver, makes for a handgun that is so absolutely practical that it becomes an essential weapon that stands above even modern automatic handguns. When asked what gun I'd choose if I could only have one gun, I always say a 5.5 inch barrel Single Action revolver in 45 Colt.
@@CapoKabar Civilian self-defense and survival use is not a "war zone". In a "war zone" you will be in the military and the arms and ammunition will supplied to you by the large logistics chain of that military establishment.
@@63DW89A Not true at all. You really think the government will arm you in a civil war here? 😭🤣 You can enjoy the 45 Colt all you want, but once you run out of ammo, it will be a bad hammer. In the army, guys are running out of ammo too. Thats why no one’s joining. The best caliber is the one you can get a hold of
My 45 colt black powder gets 357 magnum power. 255 grain bullet gets over 1050fps. Thats very powerful. More than enough to kill anything. Ive read in newspapers from the 1800s about people killing Grizzlies with 45 colt. Just goes to show the old adage that the walker was the most powerful handgun till 357 is bull
I shoot mainly a Colt 2nd Gen SAA and launch a 270 SAA bullet with 8 gr of Unique and use the same load in my 73 lever gun. I’ve shot that bullet completely through a full size cow and recovered it from the dirt on the other side. I don’t need more than that here in South Texas.
A nice friend gifted me with a Uberti 1875 Outlaw in 45 Colt. It's a pleasure to shoot, accurate and reliable but ammo is hard to find in my area and expensive.
Amen! My great uncle carried a 45 Colt around the end of the 19th century, into the early years of the 20th century. He was a part time sheriff's deputy, and a full time bounty hunter in the northern plains. Killed 17 felons in his time. Loaded his own with BP only. His 1882 Colt SAA was what I learned to shoot with in 1958. Been shooting them ever since. I hunt feral hogs and coyote that roam my woods of East Texas, and I have never needed a follow-up shot. And my nephew got his first 45 Colt when I gave him a Great Western II Alchemista IV SAA in 45 Colt. The man was flabbergasted! But he's yet another one who knows what I mean when I always say. "There's not a problem that I cannot resolve with a good left hook or a slug from a 45." It is the finest pistol cartridge ever made. And there's no Tupperware pistols here in this man's house. I'm going to have another Shiner now.🍻 Adios for now from your old amigo from Texas.
I agree and love my Blackhawk .45 Colt. I reload. I can push a 300 grain bullet out of it as fast as +P 44 mag. and get a bigger hole while having nearly a 1/3 pressure and less recoil.
I couldn't agree more. I'm picking up a 2nd generation Colt SAA Buntline from my local gun shop today (ten day wait is over!) so this video is perfect timing to motivate putting my shoes on. I've got five single action revolvers in 45 colt already of various configurations and they are my favorite to shoot... so much so my other big bore pistols are collecting dust. Same can be said for my three lever actions in 45 colt. I'll never sell any of 'em as long as I can still see what I'm pointing at.
Same as you brother! Steel and wood all the way. Now I need to find a suitable piece of land so I can walk out my front door and throw some lead down range any time I want...like you do. That's been my dream since I was a kid. @@plowboysghost
I've always loved the .45 Colt. Just wish the price of the ammo was a little more reasonable. When I have owned guns chambered in it I always had to reload to be able to afford shooting it lol.
. Speaking of. You should get into the topic of a caliber that will still be running after SHTF. Home made black powder may not be very efficient, but look at all the powder capacity of the .45colt case. 200-250 grains of cast lead at any reasonable velocity will drop a man. .41 colt and .455 webley velocities were some 650fps and they worked. If you have to reload primers with match tips a revolver deals with duds better that an auto.....
.45 LC is a Helluva round, and has been putting dicks in the Dirt for a Really long time. I'm a .357 magnum fan myself, but I wouldn't be opposed to carrying a .45 Colt either. 👍🏼
@@plowboysghost That's how I found Your channel. You did a video on a Taurus 605, and I'd just gotten one. I still carry it alot. It's not too uncontrollable, for me anyway.
@@plowboysghost what do you think about them guys over at T2 armory with their 500 bushwhacker? I know it's a dinosaur demolisher but I think it would be fun to shoot!
@@plowboysghost it's just a magnum research 500 mag bfr with the chambers opened up to accept a longer cartidge called the 500 bushwhacker that they created. Now it literally is the most powerful revolver on earth. ruclips.net/user/shortsbFGzN3lUFUw?feature=share
Don’t own anything in 45 Colt yet, but a long barrel SAA is on my list… Work requires a Glock but off the clock it’s usually a 1911 in the one 45 I’ve used quite a bit.
As far as the Glock comment, my 64 year old brother drank the Glock Kool-Aid later in his shooting life and purchased 6 of them over about a year. The next year he could not get rid of them fast enough. He hated them for various reasons. I never thought enough of them to buy one in the first place. I'll take steel revolvers and steel semi autos any day.
With new guns and modern powder they are better then 44 mag with less load and the old black powder one are more powerful then a 357, with a 250 gain bullet.... so its a bad ass gun im glad i have one now its my BACK UP bear gun in case my shotgun for some reason isn't in my hand or my rifle. Were have grizzlies and a ton of cougars up here used to be more black bears it seemed so i wanted a traditional but affective round for my 200 plus year old family Homestead Property. My grandfather told me to get a 45 colt over 15 years ago before he passed i finally now got one and know why he said it would be great.
Elmer Keith knew what worked and what didn’t work ! He used the 45 Colt a lot and of course with his bullet design ! At times he leaned hard towards the 44 spl which is a fine ctg , he killed a lot of game with both , he never quit ! Great books he wrote with a lot of personal experience! Good video!
Just found this video. It was recommended to my pleasant surprise. I like my .45 Colt handguns and it is one of my two favorite handgun cartridges. John Linebaugh felt that velocity gave one flatter trajectory but not necessarily more killing power once velocity broke the sound barrier in a big bore handgun. I would argue that the .357 Magnum is the other great handgun cartridge and the full equal of the grand old Colt round; worthy of the same praise and accolades. It has some overlap use but I can’t live without it either.
The correct answer today is 44 Special and in 1873, the correct answer was 44-40. Originally Colt wanted the Army to chamber it's pistols for the proven and very accurate 44 Russian, which is what some of the early pinch frame prototypes were chambered in. The Army wanted a powerful, "Magnum" round to kill horses as well as men. Their testing also told them that "Only" 45 caliber was adequate and that 44 caliber was inadequate. Eventually the Army had to down load the 45 Colt cartridge with card wads to reduce it's power, as the average soldier couldn't handle the recoil. Same folks who adopted the trapdoor Springfield 45-70 with two different loads, a 405 grain bullet for the carbine and a 500 grain infantry load for 1,000 yard shooting. The correct answer was to adopt 1873 Winchesters in 44-40 and the Colt SAA in the same caliber. The 45-70 or maybe a 40-70 should have been produced for the Gatling guns. Need a DMR/Sniper rifle, buy 1874 Sharpe's rifles (stronger action and better extraction) in 45-70 or 40-70, equipped with a telescopic sight.
After being a pretty dedicated 44 mag shooter for a few decades, I’m warming up to the ol’ long colt . Low pressure performance broadens the type of guns that are viable. Well done video Sir!
I agree on the low pressure thing.... why I like the 45 acp.... but with the 44 mag? you can shoot 44 spl rounds if you want factory 45 Colt pressure levels and power levels. But I actually only shoot 44 spl in my 44 spl guns.. don't shoot 38 spl in my .357 guns either
I can't agree with you more. My concerns are feral hogs and feral dogs. The 45 Colt does a fine job on both. I also carry the same Rossi trapper you have, teamed with a Ruger Vaquero. I fine team it is too.
Same here, in the woods of East Texas. We're crawling with hogs, coyote, and wild dogs! The biggest hog I've plugged here came in at a whopping 425 pounds! It took my neighbor across the road all he could do with a heavy duty truck winch to pull it out of the woods. When he weighed it I thought we were seeing things, but the scale was correct. It went down with one shot from a 45 Colt SAA loaded with 40gr of black powder, and a 255gr cast SWC. Right through the boiler room! Took two steps and dropped in his tracks. Try that with a plastic gun!😅
I agree with you for the reasons you've listed. Especially with the +P rounds today that can give you nearly 2000fps out of a rifle, then you have everything you could ever want in the American continents. Additionally, for the power you get, it is a cheap round compared to 45-70, 454 Casull, or larger rounds.
Haven’t picked up my new pietta Californian in 45 colt yet but already bought 9 boxes of ammo and love the history of that caliber and saa altogether..great vid..
I have some Grizzly loads that on the box claim to be on par with .44 mag. Fired a couple through my x-frame, 'felt' pretty potent. Carried a glock today while I was out cutting up downed trees from a storm. lol
.45 Colt can definitely be loaded to do anything .44 Mag can but with less pressure. That "+P+" Buffalo Bore 340-gr load for .44 Magnum puts up some impressive numbers on paper, though.
Yes Sir 45 Colt is my favorite. Have 3 of them to feed with my own cast and rolled bullets. Workin on a fourth one to feed. 45 Colt is my personal favorite with 45 acp right behind it. I love the guns that can use the 45 Colt as well as the guns that can eat 45 ACP.
All of the old cowboy rounds have a certain charm. Recently I have developed a real interest in John Wayne's favorite the 38 WCF. The 10mm Cowboy is a dead ringer for the 40S&W only in a classier package.
There’s that old prospector who was asked why he carried .45 Colt: “Cause Colt don’t make no forty six!” Practical range for handguns is 50 yards(talking hunting medium or large game). Velocity in excess of 1100 fps won’t give you anything but more recoil.
The most popular pistol Colt made is the 19th Century was the the 1848 Baby Dragoon in 31 caliber, with over 325,000 produced. These were very popular in the California Gold Fields and with prospectors, merchants, etc. Who wanted a reliable revolver they could EDC.
I had the big loop trapper model Rossi (with saddle ring) back in the 1980s. It was in .44 Magnum (but could shoot Special just fine), and had no safety. An exact replica of the Winchester 92. Sure wish I hadn't sold it. I also had the standard carbine length version, back then, with standard loop, in .357 Magnum (.38 Special). Another one I'm kicking my self for selling. Sold both some time in the 1990s.
I can't disagree with you. While I love the .44 magnum cartridge, the .45 Colt just works better for me. With the right platform, the old Colt can equal and surpass the .44 mag and do so with less generated pressures. The beauty is that 99% of the time, that extra horsepower is not needed. I live in the Middle Tn area and there is nothing that walks the earth here that can't be decisively stopped with a 250 grain hardcast at 900 fps. The only caveat for me is that reloading for the cartridge is essential.
You are so right! I'm 76; been shooting single actions for 60 of those years. Years ago I settled on a 300 grain hard cast under 17 grains of 2400 as a git-er-done load in my 4 5/8" Blackhawk. Because modern brass is much stronger that the old days, we can load a 45C hotter than the 44M. That's because of case capacity. I've no use for a 44 when I can have a 45.
"Saber-tooth rattle chiggers"- yes I've seen those, well maybe not actually seen them because they are kind of small, but I know what they can do to you and they are fearsome creatures! .45Colt vs .44Mag? There are pros and cons. .44Mag is available in a wider variety of interesting firearms, and ammo is more readily available in a wide variety of loads. .45Colt is capable of using heavier bullets in equally stout loads if you are worried about defense from very large animals, but a wide variety of ammo is not quite as readily available in your local store. And if you want to employ stout loads you are a lot more limited in what you can put them in, but in that Winchester 92 they are very good.
THE coolest handgun that I recently shot was an all stainless steel Pietta 1858 Sheriff with a Howell Conversion in .45 Colt and stated, "it was the best investment ever" for the Dollar as I can hand-load plain ol' cowboy loads in Black Powder as it shoots sweet (but messy): will never get rid of it
This is the video that got me to give up 44 magnum and switch to 45 colt. My ruger blackhawk flattop 45 convertible is probably my favorite gun I've owned in my life. God bless you, Plowboy 🍻
When I and my family are out in the woods and staying in my cabin on an extended hunting or fishing trip the handgun I carry is a 4 inch barrel Ruger Super Redhawk square butt double action revolver in 45 Colt. My loads? My own hand-load ammo consisting of: Load No. 1. Winchester 230 gr. JHP bullet, 13.5 gr. of Hodgdon Longshot, Starline brass case, Remington 2 1/2 large pistol primer. Load No. 2. Matt's Bullet 315 gr. hardcast lead gas-checked round flat nose bullet, 22.5 gr. of Hodgdon H110, Starline brass case, Federal 155 large pistol magnum prime. Velocity of Load No. 1 from my revolver is 1,162 f.p.s. +/- 18 f.p.s. Velocity of Load No. 2 from my revolver is 1,217 f.p.s. +/- 21 f.p.s. I feel more than adequately armed as Load 1 will drop anything that walks on 2 legs and Load 2 will drop anything that walks on 4 legs that I might encounter.
I love the Winchester super x .45 Colt 250 grain cowboy loads that I shoot from my Uberti 1858 new model army revolver using my Howell cylinder. As the video on my channel shows it really does quite a number on a 3 liter plastic water jug. I’m getting about 300 foot pounds of energy on average with them loads from my piece which is similar to the energy a .45ACP round is putting out from an M1911 semi auto pistol
I hope you enjoyed my video when you done seen it. Eventually I will have more brass for you and it will be the good Winchester brass. So far I only got 5 empty casings saved but once I done shot all the remaining 45 rounds in my first box I’m fixing to send you a box of 50 empty brass Winchester .45 Colt casings
Thank you my brother. Thanks for liking and commenting on my video. I would do reloading myself with genuine black powder and casting my own bullets if I didn’t live in a small basement apt in the city and if it was easier to get some genuine Schutzen or Swiss black powder and Winchester pistol primers. It’s easier for me to just get the factory cowboy loads at Bass pro shops up in NH. like I did on June 1st
the world record for years for a grizzly was taken in AK by a lady with a 22lr. so I have no doubt that a black powder 45 colt could drop one. I agree that the 45 colt is likely the most versatile handgun round. in a heavy revolver it puts out more power than the 44 magnum with less pressure. I love tactical Tupperware for law enforcement, but plastic guns have no soul.
Good stuff, 45 colt is definitely my favorite cartridge and has been a long time. I definitely dont feel undergunned with any of my single actions or my rossi 92. I've carried 200 to 255 grain cowboy loads several times when out of hollow points for what ever reason. I've even killed beaver and coyotes with hornady 255 grain cowboy loads out to 80 yards or so. It's good stuff, I should probably bust out the 20 inch rossi this year and try it at deer season. I know itll get the job done, I just got one question plowboy. What's a good factory load you think would do a little better on deer?
I'm not up to date on factory loads, but deer have been taken with weaker "cowboy" loads out of a revolver, so you can really get it done with a carbine! (I'm a cast shooter mainly and don't think much of hollerpoints for deer....so I am biased)
@@plowboysghost I completely understand, so you reckon one of my hornady 255 grain cowboy loads lead flat points aughtta do the trick on deer then? And thanks again sir for the responses, god bless from ole Carolina.
@@tylertapp131 If you can hit it, you can kill it...with good shot placement, of course. I'd recommend a full power, std. pressure load, though...at minimum. That Buffalo Bore Deer Grenade ain't cheap, and it's a cast hollow point, but it should be running up close to 30/30 energy with a bigger, heavier bullet. It's safe in the Rossi 92, just don't put it or any other +P in a clone, etc.. There are SWC and LFN cast loads that are available in the "+p" range, as well...though truthfully they aren't necessary. My std pressure smokeless 255-gr cast load should run somewhere near 900 fps from a 7.5" revolver and it hits my AR500 plate HARD at 50 yards out of a 16"-24" barrel. The 40-gr blackpowder load hits a little harder than that!
@@plowboysghost Thank you so much for the info pard! And hittin it shouldn't be hard lol. Ive shot beaver in the head, swimming at 65 to 75 yards across a pond with my rossi 20 inch with the factory irons. Most the places I deer hunt are within 50 yards or so. Think I'll shop around and see what's out there. THANKS AGAIN! And god bless from ole Carolina.
Once i found the 45 colt and 360gr bullets, the 44 mag is almost 38 special. Fun to shoot but underpowered. Id like to investigate the 480 ruger. I wonder if the same is true for it
.480 Ruger from a 5 shot BH Bisley with 400-gr Lee bullets with two crimp grooves (loaded long to .475 Linebaugh length/case capacity) can be loaded using H110 and .475 Linebaugh load data. THAT's one gun I wish I'd never parted with....and I will have another.
Hey, Mr. Plowboy! I remember the "Deer Grenade" rounds you talked about in a video while shooting that Big Loop Rifle a couple years back that ripped apart those cans like they were paper. So I know .45 Colt will do damage. I just prefer mine be from a Schofield Revolver with a 5 or 5 1/2 inch barrel Wells-Fargo Version so I can use the Speedloader trick you showed us.
Nice video! 👍If I could only have one caliber it would be 45 Colt. Another reason, in a SAA it's the lightest, least amount of steel wrapped around the biggest caliber bullet for the platform. That makes it the fastest out of the holster because you are dealing with less mass/inertia at the beginning of the draw.
Sadly, I sold my Ruger Redhawk in .45 Colt and gave away all my ammo. But you should have seen that stout HSM ammo I tried. It’ll lift your arms 45 degrees, just like it’s supposed to.
That's a Cimarron frontier (Pietta), and yes, i did it. I discussed it a little in a video ruclips.net/video/OjgpNU8B6ZU/видео.html&t but I think I hit it with the 2000 grit sandpaper one more time since then.
I carry a Smith and Wesson Model 25 Classic Mountain Gun in 45 Colt and have HKS speed loaders on my belt. It’s beautiful, awesome and deadly accurate.
I have a big Astra double-action, swing-out in Colt .45 caliber I purchased several years back. Probably a S&W M25 clone as it deffinitely resembles the Smith design. Beautiful pistol/revolver. She's a smooth, tack-driven devil with 5.5gns of Bullseye and a 250 grainer!
I'm with you. I'm a 45 kind of guy. I have 2 Rossi's in 45 Colt and Cimarron Cattleman Birds Head revolver all in 45 Colt and for bigger stuff I have a Marlin 1895 CBA in 45-70. I also like the history of both of these cartridges
Waaaay back yonder,in the days of flint lock and percussion cap rifles and pistols,hunters were killing all kinds of game with 45 caliber patch ball loads.Including grizzlies.Thanks for saying what I have tried to get across to folks about these firearms for years.
Considering that a 45 colt in a modern revolver with a high-pressure cylinder can be load up to exceed the 44 magnum in performance it will surely do anything one would need it to do. I prefer the double action / single action revolvers myself.
It has been my favorite for a long time I don’t have any arguments about what you are saying are you able to get universal I haven’t seen any cans of it for a long time I bought a big bottle of unique cause it was available and close to universal
I have several .45 Colt revolvers. It is a good round but the "best," I don't know. I don't think there is a "best" revolver round. History aside, I don't think you made a performance argument for 45 Colt that cannot be made for 44 mag 41 mag or 357 mag. In the lower 48 I think the any of those calibers are a fantastic caliber choices.
I like the .45 Colt because it is what sprang from my favorite pistola the 1860 Army! My 1872 open t is chambered in .45 Colt and it is a favorite for sure!
my fav hand guns is a set of 1858 remingtons made by ubirty which is what u get if u buy from colt is a ubirty made colt reproduction. but i love on how fast u can switch out the cylinders on the remington have 4 extra cylinders and 2 converters for each gun
As you know Plowboy I bought a New Model Blackhawk in .45lc a few weeks ago after watching your video’s. I’m so excited to own this fine piece of machinery! I’ve started buying all the components to start reloading this caliber and also the .357 mag for my Taurus model 65. What is your “go to” smokeless powder for the .45? I’m starting out with Hodgdon H110. Your help would be appreciated brother. Thanks for the video!!!!
Thanks for the video Plowboy. I agree with you, sort of. I have a couple of 45 Colts. But I been riding the 44 mag and the 44 Spl too long to change ponys now. Thanks again.
OH, yeah. We think alike. Gotta LOVE the 45 Colt, and I have several! And a Marlin 1894 Cowboy in that caliber. Sweet! My *other* love is also Colt related - the 45 Auto. Yep, have several. LOL 45 rules! Thanks for the video. SUBSCRIBED!
Personally I started with the .357 back in 82 with a S&W 19-4. For personal 4 legged protection nothing works better. Now if I lived in bear country I’m sure the .45 or .44 mag would be my fav! Great video and love your SA pistols.
I've walked in bear country every fall, 45 Colt and 255 gr bullets at 900 fps are my load. Now I also carry a 4570 Gov. But a 12 ga with 1 once slugs are a good choice too.
A Mr. Boothroyd's preference was .44 Magnum. He wrote and told Ian Fleming that James Bond should not be caring that .25 caliber Beretta. Obviously a Secret Agent isn't going to carry a 44 Magnum undercover like he's Dirty Harry. And so, in the movies, Bond was switched to the Walther PPK as a compromise, and the weapons master was named Major Boothroyd in his honor.
Even if I disagreed with you, I couldn't see the sense in a argument. As someone who has lived in grizzly country and much of the time packing Bertha( .54 caliber caplock muzzleloader) and Remington new model army on my side it would gain little But I did get some chuckles out of the video Mountain man
I couldn't bring myself to choose one or two shots of caplock or flintlock of any caliber in a life or death struggle where ignition NEEDS to be absolute....but that's just me.
Elmer Keith's love affair with the .44 cartridge led to the birth of the .44 Magnum. He was not fond of the balloon head cases the .45 Colt had back then, so he turned to the .44 Special, which he found to be a very accurate catridge.
Dick Casull and John Linebaugh did for the 45 colt what Elmer Keith couldn’t do with the guns of his time. At the end of the day, Elmer Keith chose the .44 because of cylinder wall thickness in a standard colt frame. I am sure that in his later years, he recognized that Bill Ruger’s Blackhawk in 45 colt along with solid head cases had fixed every issue he ever had with the cartridge.
Love me some .44 Special but then that caliber is the grandson of the .44-40. I also love me some .45 Colt's even if Winchester never mass produced one of their lever guns in that caliber. A single action revolver and lever gun in .45 Colt's would make me feel really, really well armed indeed under most any circumstances.
Plowboy, you ain’t wrong!! But you talking about them Franklin County Grizzlies, you see the Walker County Grizzlies we have down here!! 🤣🤣. But I sure do love my 44wcf’s too.
Let’s not forget, Elmer loved the .44 Special, when it was loaded with his pet load. In his book, Sixguns by Keith, he stated if he was stuck with factory loads only, his choice would be the .45 Colt
I only carry a.45 colt. I use a pietta 1860 Army with a Kirst konversion kit. My black powder ammo is 40 grains FFG and a 165 grain soft lead bullet with a Magnum primer. I never really have issues with it either.
What I like about a M92 and Blackhawk pairing is you really don't have to worry about mixing up the ammo since they will both handle heavy loads. The 92 is a strong action...stronger than the Marlin 94. There, I said it. 🤣
The 45 Colt is my favorite caliber also. I have more guns chambered for it than any other. The 45 Colt can do everything the 44 mag can do. And it does it easier with less pressure too.
Exactly. I have more .45 Colt chambered guns than any other, too.
@@plowboysghost Alabama Boys know what’s good !
@@JWheeler331 😁🍻
Not hardly, unless you are using full house loads.
@@johnharris8191 Well obviously. No one is saying cowboy action loads are better than 44 mag. 45 Colt can do everything the 44mag can do and it can do it easier. Meaning, less pressure to do the same thing.
The 45 Colt was designed to kill a full sized war horse at 100 yards from a 7 1/2 barreled cavalry revolver. I think it will get the job done.
It certainly will.
"Because it doesn't come in a damned Glock" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Even with standard loads the 45 Colt will pop a pig or a deer. I love not only the cartridge but the guns it is chambered for.
You and I both!
If I see a rabbit that a 45 colt won't stop Im not even going to shoot at it I'm just running
😁 Them Canecutters get pretty big, but they don't kill a lot of people per annum.
@@plowboysghost nope haven't seen to many reports of it lately 🤣🤣🤣
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A rabbit getting hit with a 45 colt is a lot like a human getting hit with a cannonball. What a mess
@@christophermead9800 Slow cast bullets wouldn't be AS bad as faster hp...maybe😁
And…Wyatt Earp packin a 9mm doesn’t sound nearly as menacing as Wyatt Earp packin a .45! I’m with you.
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Wyatt Earp carried a 44 S&W American No. 3 at the OK Coral. Hollywood lies.
Agreed!!
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Love my 45 Colts!!! Best pistol cartridge ever! Load them mild or load them wild!!!
Haha!! And they don’t come in a Glock!! Love it!!
From mild to wild hammer.....45 Colt gets it done...for over 150 years.
Love the 45 COLT, I use Unique in my loads. I hate when people call it 45 long colt. Love the 45/70 also.
I feel the same way about the "long" comments...
I kinda hate when they call it 45 long colt too. Just gets under my skin a little bit.
I have no problem with people using slang terms. Live and let live, why hate.
@@plowboysghost Those people are just expressing their ignorance. Just tell them that Sam Colt developed the cartridge I believe in 1872 and he named it the 45 Colt and the army adopted it a year later and they also called it the 45 Colt. It's always been the 45 Colt. Call it what it is
@@daviddejong187 Samuel Colt died years before the .45 Colt was developed.
Grew up loving the .45 Colt and wanted one as a kid. Now I’m a grown man in my 40s and still love the big ol’ .45 best of all!
Hard to shake it!
I completely agree! 45 Colt is good for everything from squirrels to grizzly bears when loaded for the application. Hell just last weekend I was hunting rabbits with my 1866 in 45 colt loaded with some wimpy cowboy loads. Works like a charm.
Guaranteed!
You hunting rabbits in July? My state will lock you up for that.
@@gunsquawk4443 your state doesn’t sound like very much fun.
@@gunsquawk4443 Sure ain't. Season or not, I wait til after the first big frost to hunt squirrel and rabbit.
“Typically, our Alabama grizzlies are a little more docile…” 😂 I’m dying!!!
On "deploying it properly" I recently watched a narration of a talk Wyatt Earp talking about this very subject. If anyone wants advice on the .45 I can't think of a more competent source. The article is "Wyatt Earp Speaks On Gunfighting On The Frontier" The advice is still good. I tried his method of cocking and it works admirably well. Even with some double action revolvers, and it brings the weapon on target very naturally.
I'll also note this: if you compare lawman shooting then and now it won't take much thought to see something is wrong. These old timers ended gun fights in one or two shots. Usually one. As opposed to 18. (yes I'm thinking of Ferguson where the officer missed with half his magazine) I think you are much closer to the truth than 95% of the "tacticool" crowd.
Thank you.
45 Colt loaded with 40 grains of Swiss FFFg under a 255 gr bullet will hit over 1000 fps from a 5.5" single action, stay on a 9-inch paper plate to 120 yards and kill anything in front of it to that range, yet has manageable recoil, and low pressure that won't rupture your eardrums in a small room. Modern progressive smokeless powders make it easy to duplicate that black powder velocity at the same low 14000 psi chamber pressure. Any handgun that is superbly accurate, shoots like a carbine to 100+ yards, hits like a freight train at low pressure that won't rupture your eardrums, saves your brass for easy reloading, and is in a easily hidden package[Single Action] for such a large caliber 6-shot revolver, makes for a handgun that is so absolutely practical that it becomes an essential weapon that stands above even modern automatic handguns. When asked what gun I'd choose if I could only have one gun, I always say a 5.5 inch barrel Single Action revolver in 45 Colt.
Thanks.
Every time. SAA all the way!
Not in a warzone dude
@@CapoKabar Civilian self-defense and survival use is not a "war zone". In a "war zone" you will be in the military and the arms and ammunition will supplied to you by the large logistics chain of that military establishment.
@@63DW89A Not true at all. You really think the government will arm you in a civil war here? 😭🤣 You can enjoy the 45 Colt all you want, but once you run out of ammo, it will be a bad hammer. In the army, guys are running out of ammo too. Thats why no one’s joining. The best caliber is the one you can get a hold of
45 Colt, 45acp and 45-70 on my reloading bench. 45 Colt rifle? Make mine a Marlin!
👍💥👍!!
That's an awesome gun!
I bought an Uberti 1847 Walker revolver and converted it from black powder to .45 Colt. Just something for my nightstand or the Boogie man.
.45 Colt... always my favorite.
Mine, too.
My 45 colt black powder gets 357 magnum power. 255 grain bullet gets over 1050fps. Thats very powerful. More than enough to kill anything. Ive read in newspapers from the 1800s about people killing Grizzlies with 45 colt. Just goes to show the old adage that the walker was the most powerful handgun till 357 is bull
Plenty medicine for a lot of ailments...
I shoot mainly a Colt 2nd Gen SAA and launch a 270 SAA bullet with 8 gr of Unique and use the same load in my 73 lever gun. I’ve shot that bullet completely through a full size cow and recovered it from the dirt on the other side. I don’t need more than that here in South Texas.
..and that will do for 99% of issues here in Alabama, too.
That's a stout load
45 Colt in a 7 1/2" Single Action Army is an amazing shooter. It's like pointing your finger! My alltime favorite!
That it is...
A nice friend gifted me with a Uberti 1875 Outlaw in 45 Colt. It's a pleasure to shoot, accurate and reliable but ammo is hard to find in my area and expensive.
@@robertonavarro7713 That's a great friend, indeed!
@@plowboysghost Yes, my regular shooting buddy. He has a real Colt SAA with the 7 1/2" barrel, factory nickel plated in 45 Colt of course.
Amen! My great uncle carried a 45 Colt around the end of the 19th century, into the early years of the 20th century. He was a part time sheriff's deputy, and a full time bounty hunter in the northern plains. Killed 17 felons in his time. Loaded his own with BP only. His 1882 Colt SAA was what I learned to shoot with in 1958. Been shooting them ever since.
I hunt feral hogs and coyote that roam my woods of East Texas, and I have never needed a follow-up shot. And my nephew got his first 45 Colt when I gave him a Great Western II Alchemista IV SAA in 45 Colt. The man was flabbergasted! But he's yet another one who knows what I mean when I always say. "There's not a problem that I cannot resolve with a good left hook or a slug from a 45." It is the finest pistol cartridge ever made. And there's no Tupperware pistols here in this man's house.
I'm going to have another Shiner now.🍻 Adios for now from your old amigo from Texas.
Thank you, amigo!
You are right about that. A .45 Colt will solve just about any problem
I agree and love my Blackhawk .45 Colt. I reload. I can push a 300 grain bullet out of it as fast as +P 44 mag. and get a bigger hole while having nearly a 1/3 pressure and less recoil.
...and that's a pretty good deal 😁👍
I couldn't agree more. I'm picking up a 2nd generation Colt SAA Buntline from my local gun shop today (ten day wait is over!) so this video is perfect timing to motivate putting my shoes on. I've got five single action revolvers in 45 colt already of various configurations and they are my favorite to shoot... so much so my other big bore pistols are collecting dust. Same can be said for my three lever actions in 45 colt. I'll never sell any of 'em as long as I can still see what I'm pointing at.
Sounds like you have great taste in guns!
Same as you brother! Steel and wood all the way. Now I need to find a suitable piece of land so I can walk out my front door and throw some lead down range any time I want...like you do. That's been my dream since I was a kid. @@plowboysghost
Keith was not afraid of blowing up a gun, thats for sure. Pioneer.
Yep.
I've always loved the .45 Colt. Just wish the price of the ammo was a little more reasonable. When I have owned guns chambered in it I always had to reload to be able to afford shooting it lol.
Were it not for casting and handloading, .45 Colt would not be as prominent in my life as it is.
. Speaking of. You should get into the topic of a caliber that will still be running after SHTF. Home made black powder may not be very efficient, but look at all the powder capacity of the .45colt case. 200-250 grains of cast lead at any reasonable velocity will drop a man. .41 colt and .455 webley velocities were some 650fps and they worked. If you have to reload primers with match tips a revolver deals with duds better that an auto.....
If Ammo prices are stressful to your budget try making your own ammo. It is alot cheaper ! The cost of tooling is high but it is worth it.
.45 LC is a Helluva round, and has been putting dicks in the Dirt for a Really long time. I'm a .357 magnum fan myself, but I wouldn't be opposed to carrying a .45 Colt either. 👍🏼
Another proven killer...
@@plowboysghost That's how I found Your channel. You did a video on a Taurus 605, and I'd just gotten one. I still carry it alot. It's not too uncontrollable, for me anyway.
@@SierraBravo347 There's still a 605 here in the house.
@@plowboysghost Mines in the nightstand, and sometimes in my belt if I just want to have something on me. It'll get the job done for sure. 👍🏼
Yep 45 colt +P goes with me every single minute of the day everyday. Real talk.
A fine cartridge!
@@plowboysghost what do you think about them guys over at T2 armory with their 500 bushwhacker? I know it's a dinosaur demolisher but I think it would be fun to shoot!
@@michaeldayridgewaydrums8107 I'm completely out of the loop on that one.
@@plowboysghost it's just a magnum research 500 mag bfr with the chambers opened up to accept a longer cartidge called the 500 bushwhacker that they created. Now it literally is the most powerful revolver on earth. ruclips.net/user/shortsbFGzN3lUFUw?feature=share
Don’t own anything in 45 Colt yet, but a long barrel SAA is on my list… Work requires a Glock but off the clock it’s usually a 1911 in the one 45 I’ve used quite a bit.
I do love and keep a 1911 in .45 acp, myself.
As far as the Glock comment, my 64 year old brother drank the Glock Kool-Aid later in his shooting life and purchased 6 of them over about a year. The next year he could not get rid of them fast enough. He hated them for various reasons. I never thought enough of them to buy one in the first place. I'll take steel revolvers and steel semi autos any day.
Well spoken.( But... you must have never owned a Glock.) Their 100% reliable.
so is all of my steel revolvers and steel semi auto's. @@gunsquawk4443
I agree 45 colt is my favorite
Yes sir!
The ways i see it. 45 colt is the best Cartridge ever made. And it was made for the best gun ever made.
Amen.
Revolver Ocelot? Is that you?
With new guns and modern powder they are better then 44 mag with less load and the old black powder one are more powerful then a 357, with a 250 gain bullet.... so its a bad ass gun im glad i have one now its my BACK UP bear gun in case my shotgun for some reason isn't in my hand or my rifle. Were have grizzlies and a ton of cougars up here used to be more black bears it seemed so i wanted a traditional but affective round for my 200 plus year old family Homestead Property. My grandfather told me to get a 45 colt over 15 years ago before he passed i finally now got one and know why he said it would be great.
Elmer Keith knew what worked and what didn’t work !
He used the 45 Colt a lot and of course with his bullet design !
At times he leaned hard towards the 44 spl which is a fine ctg , he killed a lot of game with both , he never quit !
Great books he wrote with a lot of personal experience!
Good video!
@@normanmallory2055 Thank you.
Shot guns growing up. 38 special has always been my love.
Easy to be accurate with a good .38...for me anyways.
Just found this video. It was recommended to my pleasant surprise. I like my .45 Colt handguns and it is one of my two favorite handgun cartridges. John Linebaugh felt that velocity gave one flatter trajectory but not necessarily more killing power once velocity broke the sound barrier in a big bore handgun. I would argue that the .357 Magnum is the other great handgun cartridge and the full equal of the grand old Colt round; worthy of the same praise and accolades. It has some overlap use but I can’t live without it either.
If I'm going to the woods, it's a 45 Colt, or 44 mag. Single action of course.
Naturally 👍
The correct answer today is 44 Special and in 1873, the correct answer was 44-40. Originally Colt wanted the Army to chamber it's pistols for the proven and very accurate 44 Russian, which is what some of the early pinch frame prototypes were chambered in. The Army wanted a powerful, "Magnum" round to kill horses as well as men. Their testing also told them that "Only" 45 caliber was adequate and that 44 caliber was inadequate. Eventually the Army had to down load the 45 Colt cartridge with card wads to reduce it's power, as the average soldier couldn't handle the recoil. Same folks who adopted the trapdoor Springfield 45-70 with two different loads, a 405 grain bullet for the carbine and a 500 grain infantry load for 1,000 yard shooting. The correct answer was to adopt 1873 Winchesters in 44-40 and the Colt SAA in the same caliber. The 45-70 or maybe a 40-70 should have been produced for the Gatling guns. Need a DMR/Sniper rifle, buy 1874 Sharpe's rifles (stronger action and better extraction) in 45-70 or 40-70, equipped with a telescopic sight.
After being a pretty dedicated 44 mag shooter for a few decades, I’m warming up to the ol’ long colt . Low pressure performance broadens the type of guns that are viable.
Well done video Sir!
I still love .44 Mag...but I'll always love the old Colt more. Thank you.
I agree on the low pressure thing.... why I like the 45 acp.... but with the 44 mag? you can shoot 44 spl rounds if you want factory 45 Colt pressure levels and power levels. But I actually only shoot 44 spl in my 44 spl guns.. don't shoot 38 spl in my .357 guns either
Man this channel is great! 👍
Very kind of you to say so.
The pointy finger thingy worked for Clint......lol
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i love 45 colt myself, been edc 45 colt for about 10 years now in 1 gun or another.
I've been toting one most of the last 10 years myself.
I can't agree with you more. My concerns are feral hogs and feral dogs. The 45 Colt does a fine job on both. I also carry the same Rossi trapper you have, teamed with a Ruger Vaquero. I fine team it is too.
Loaded appropriately, there nothing they can't handle on several continents.
Same here, in the woods of East Texas. We're crawling with hogs, coyote, and wild dogs! The biggest hog I've plugged here came in at a whopping 425 pounds! It took my neighbor across the road all he could do with a heavy duty truck winch to pull it out of the woods. When he weighed it I thought we were seeing things, but the scale was correct.
It went down with one shot from a 45 Colt SAA loaded with 40gr of black powder, and a 255gr cast SWC. Right through the boiler room! Took two steps and dropped in his tracks. Try that with a plastic gun!😅
"Saber-tooth rattle chiggers" ... classic!
45 colt is definitely my favorite caliber!!!
I agree with you for the reasons you've listed. Especially with the +P rounds today that can give you nearly 2000fps out of a rifle, then you have everything you could ever want in the American continents. Additionally, for the power you get, it is a cheap round compared to 45-70, 454 Casull, or larger rounds.
True.
Haven’t picked up my new pietta Californian in 45 colt yet but already bought 9 boxes of ammo and love the history of that caliber and saa altogether..great vid..
Congrats...and thanks.
I have some Grizzly loads that on the box claim to be on par with .44 mag. Fired a couple through my x-frame, 'felt' pretty potent.
Carried a glock today while I was out cutting up downed trees from a storm. lol
.45 Colt can definitely be loaded to do anything .44 Mag can but with less pressure.
That "+P+" Buffalo Bore 340-gr load for .44 Magnum puts up some impressive numbers on paper, though.
Yes Sir 45 Colt is my favorite. Have 3 of them to feed with my own cast and rolled bullets. Workin on a fourth one to feed. 45 Colt is my personal favorite with 45 acp right behind it. I love the guns that can use the 45 Colt as well as the guns that can eat 45 ACP.
Heard that!
All of the old cowboy rounds have a certain charm. Recently I have developed a real interest in John Wayne's favorite the 38 WCF. The 10mm Cowboy is a dead ringer for the 40S&W only in a classier package.
There’s that old prospector who was asked why he carried .45 Colt: “Cause Colt don’t make no forty six!”
Practical range for handguns is 50 yards(talking hunting medium or large game). Velocity in excess of 1100 fps won’t give you anything but more recoil.
The most popular pistol Colt made is the 19th Century was the the 1848 Baby Dragoon in 31 caliber, with over 325,000 produced. These were very popular in the California Gold Fields and with prospectors, merchants, etc. Who wanted a reliable revolver they could EDC.
7:10 amen!!
Thanks, brother.😁😁
I had the big loop trapper model Rossi (with saddle ring) back in the 1980s. It was in .44 Magnum (but could shoot Special just fine), and had no safety. An exact replica of the Winchester 92. Sure wish I hadn't sold it. I also had the standard carbine length version, back then, with standard loop, in .357 Magnum (.38 Special). Another one I'm kicking my self for selling. Sold both some time in the 1990s.
I know how that feels.
I can't disagree with you. While I love the .44 magnum cartridge, the .45 Colt just works better for me. With the right platform, the old Colt can equal and surpass the .44 mag and do so with less generated pressures. The beauty is that 99% of the time, that extra horsepower is not needed. I live in the Middle Tn area and there is nothing that walks the earth here that can't be decisively stopped with a 250 grain hardcast at 900 fps. The only caveat for me is that reloading for the cartridge is essential.
Exactly...on all counts.
You are so right! I'm 76; been shooting single actions for 60 of those years. Years ago I settled on a 300 grain hard cast under 17 grains of 2400 as a git-er-done load in my 4 5/8" Blackhawk. Because modern brass is much stronger that the old days, we can load a 45C hotter than the 44M. That's because of case capacity. I've no use for a 44 when I can have a 45.
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"Saber-tooth rattle chiggers"- yes I've seen those, well maybe not actually seen them because they are kind of small, but I know what they can do to you and they are fearsome creatures!
.45Colt vs .44Mag? There are pros and cons. .44Mag is available in a wider variety of interesting firearms, and ammo is more readily available in a wide variety of loads. .45Colt is capable of using heavier bullets in equally stout loads if you are worried about defense from very large animals, but a wide variety of ammo is not quite as readily available in your local store. And if you want to employ stout loads you are a lot more limited in what you can put them in, but in that Winchester 92 they are very good.
I'm just getting over getting into some of those chiggers. I forgot how much I despise them.
I probably should've shot each one of them...
I have a Pietta with 45 Colt and 45 ACP cylinders which helps keep the cost of shooting down a bit.
THE coolest handgun that I recently shot was an all stainless steel Pietta 1858 Sheriff with a Howell Conversion in .45 Colt and stated, "it was the best investment ever" for the Dollar as I can hand-load plain ol' cowboy loads in Black Powder as it shoots sweet (but messy): will never get rid of it
Colt.45 and 2 zig zags...baby thats all i need...
This is the video that got me to give up 44 magnum and switch to 45 colt. My ruger blackhawk flattop 45 convertible is probably my favorite gun I've owned in my life. God bless you, Plowboy 🍻
When I and my family are out in the woods and staying in my cabin on an extended hunting or fishing trip the handgun I carry is a 4 inch barrel Ruger Super Redhawk square butt double action revolver in 45 Colt.
My loads? My own hand-load ammo consisting of:
Load No. 1. Winchester 230 gr. JHP bullet, 13.5 gr. of Hodgdon Longshot, Starline brass case, Remington 2 1/2 large pistol primer.
Load No. 2. Matt's Bullet 315 gr. hardcast lead gas-checked round flat nose bullet, 22.5 gr. of Hodgdon H110, Starline brass case, Federal 155 large pistol magnum prime.
Velocity of Load No. 1 from my revolver is 1,162 f.p.s. +/- 18 f.p.s.
Velocity of Load No. 2 from my revolver is 1,217 f.p.s. +/- 21 f.p.s.
I feel more than adequately armed as Load 1 will drop anything that walks on 2 legs and Load 2 will drop anything that walks on 4 legs that I might encounter.
Don 't forget buffalo bore "deer grenade " at 1500fps and the 325 grain at around 1250fps more or less.
I ran some Deer Grenades and heavy 325 gr +p BB loads through this same Rossi near 5 or 7 years ago.
Wow! How's the recoil?
@plowboysghost I have an old model ruger SAA and it's a wallop to hold onto...
@@jasonm6090 Stout in a 4-5/8" Blackhawk. Nothing is too stout in a levergun, recoilwise.
My vaquero is a 7 1/2" cavalry model
I love the Winchester super x .45 Colt 250 grain cowboy loads that I shoot from my Uberti 1858 new model army revolver using my Howell cylinder. As the video on my channel shows it really does quite a number on a 3 liter plastic water jug. I’m getting about 300 foot pounds of energy on average with them loads from my piece which is similar to the energy a .45ACP round is putting out from an M1911 semi auto pistol
Yes sir!
I hope you enjoyed my video when you done seen it. Eventually I will have more brass for you and it will be the good Winchester brass. So far I only got 5 empty casings saved but once I done shot all the remaining 45 rounds in my first box I’m fixing to send you a box of 50 empty brass Winchester .45 Colt casings
@@Matzah1982 Sure did. Thanks!
@@Matzah1982 You are a generous friend, brother.
Thank you my brother. Thanks for liking and commenting on my video. I would do reloading myself with genuine black powder and casting my own bullets if I didn’t live in a small basement apt in the city and if it was easier to get some genuine Schutzen or Swiss black powder and Winchester pistol primers. It’s easier for me to just get the factory cowboy loads at Bass pro shops up in NH. like I did on June 1st
the world record for years for a grizzly was taken in AK by a lady with a 22lr. so I have no doubt that a black powder 45 colt could drop one. I agree that the 45 colt is likely the most versatile handgun round. in a heavy revolver it puts out more power than the 44 magnum with less pressure. I love tactical Tupperware for law enforcement, but plastic guns have no soul.
Exactly.
Good stuff, 45 colt is definitely my favorite cartridge and has been a long time. I definitely dont feel undergunned with any of my single actions or my rossi 92. I've carried 200 to 255 grain cowboy loads several times when out of hollow points for what ever reason. I've even killed beaver and coyotes with hornady 255 grain cowboy loads out to 80 yards or so. It's good stuff, I should probably bust out the 20 inch rossi this year and try it at deer season. I know itll get the job done, I just got one question plowboy. What's a good factory load you think would do a little better on deer?
I'm not up to date on factory loads, but deer have been taken with weaker "cowboy" loads out of a revolver, so you can really get it done with a carbine!
(I'm a cast shooter mainly and don't think much of hollerpoints for deer....so I am biased)
@@plowboysghost I completely understand, so you reckon one of my hornady 255 grain cowboy loads lead flat points aughtta do the trick on deer then? And thanks again sir for the responses, god bless from ole Carolina.
@@tylertapp131 If you can hit it, you can kill it...with good shot placement, of course.
I'd recommend a full power, std. pressure load, though...at minimum.
That Buffalo Bore Deer Grenade ain't cheap, and it's a cast hollow point, but it should be running up close to 30/30 energy with a bigger, heavier bullet. It's safe in the Rossi 92, just don't put it or any other +P in a clone, etc..
There are SWC and LFN cast loads that are available in the "+p" range, as well...though truthfully they aren't necessary.
My std pressure smokeless 255-gr cast load should run somewhere near 900 fps from a 7.5" revolver and it hits my AR500 plate HARD at 50 yards out of a 16"-24" barrel.
The 40-gr blackpowder load hits a little harder than that!
@@plowboysghost Thank you so much for the info pard! And hittin it shouldn't be hard lol. Ive shot beaver in the head, swimming at 65 to 75 yards across a pond with my rossi 20 inch with the factory irons. Most the places I deer hunt are within 50 yards or so. Think I'll shop around and see what's out there. THANKS AGAIN! And god bless from ole Carolina.
Once i found the 45 colt and 360gr bullets, the 44 mag is almost 38 special. Fun to shoot but underpowered. Id like to investigate the 480 ruger. I wonder if the same is true for it
.480 Ruger from a 5 shot BH Bisley with 400-gr Lee bullets with two crimp grooves (loaded long to .475 Linebaugh length/case capacity) can be loaded using H110 and .475 Linebaugh load data.
THAT's one gun I wish I'd never parted with....and I will have another.
Hey, Mr. Plowboy! I remember the "Deer Grenade" rounds you talked about in a video while shooting that Big Loop Rifle a couple years back that ripped apart those cans like they were paper. So I know .45 Colt will do damage. I just prefer mine be from a Schofield Revolver with a 5 or 5 1/2 inch barrel Wells-Fargo Version so I can use the Speedloader trick you showed us.
Hard to argue against that choice, my friend.
I got 3 45 colt firearms . The best and my favorite caliber 👍
I'm up to seven of them...I think.
Nice video! 👍If I could only have one caliber it would be 45 Colt. Another reason, in a SAA it's the lightest, least amount of steel wrapped around the biggest caliber bullet for the platform. That makes it the fastest out of the holster because you are dealing with less mass/inertia at the beginning of the draw.
Agreed. Thanks 👍
That's real important when you're not worried about shooting anything but wax plugs.
@@khester7397 I fast draw live ammo too.😃
Sadly, I sold my Ruger Redhawk in .45 Colt and gave away all my ammo. But you should have seen that stout HSM ammo I tried. It’ll lift your arms 45 degrees, just like it’s supposed to.
The Redhawk in .45 Colt can handle some seriously stout loads..
I have four revolvers...two in .45 Colt...two in 357 Magnum....I think I've got it covered.
Did you do the antiquing job on that Uberti Cattleman? If so, I sure wish you did a video on how to do it like that. Looks great.
That's a Cimarron frontier (Pietta), and yes, i did it. I discussed it a little in a video ruclips.net/video/OjgpNU8B6ZU/видео.html&t but I think I hit it with the 2000 grit sandpaper one more time since then.
Good vid. I wish someone made a DA revolver in .45 Colt.
Well.....S&W and Taurus does at the moment..and I'm sure there's someone else i've forgotten.
I carry a Smith and Wesson Model 25 Classic Mountain Gun in 45 Colt and have HKS speed loaders on my belt. It’s beautiful, awesome and deadly accurate.
I have a big Astra double-action, swing-out in Colt .45 caliber I purchased several years back. Probably a S&W M25 clone as it deffinitely resembles the Smith design. Beautiful pistol/revolver. She's a smooth, tack-driven devil with 5.5gns of Bullseye and a 250 grainer!
Ruger Redhawk 45 colts
I have a cimorron ssa 7.5 inch barrel in a 45 colt and I love it. It even has the 4 clicks just like a colt.
I'm with you. I'm a 45 kind of guy. I have 2 Rossi's in 45 Colt and Cimarron Cattleman Birds Head revolver all in 45 Colt and for bigger stuff I have a Marlin 1895 CBA in 45-70. I also like the history of both of these cartridges
You have great taste in guns and cartridges!
Waaaay back yonder,in the days of flint lock and percussion cap rifles and pistols,hunters were killing all kinds of game with 45 caliber patch ball loads.Including grizzlies.Thanks for saying what I have tried to get across to folks about these firearms for years.
Thank YOU!
Considering that a 45 colt in a modern revolver with a high-pressure cylinder can be load up to exceed the 44 magnum in performance it will surely do anything one would need it to do. I prefer the double action / single action revolvers myself.
Agreed..and 10-4! Thanks.
It has been my favorite for a long time I don’t have any arguments about what you are saying are you able to get universal I haven’t seen any cans of it for a long time I bought a big bottle of unique cause it was available and close to universal
I still have 3 or 4 lbs of Universal from 2-3 years ago. I haven't seen it lately.
I have several .45 Colt revolvers. It is a good round but the "best," I don't know. I don't think there is a "best" revolver round. History aside, I don't think you made a performance argument for 45 Colt that cannot be made for 44 mag 41 mag or 357 mag. In the lower 48 I think the any of those calibers are a fantastic caliber choices.
I like the .45 Colt because it is what sprang from my favorite pistola the 1860 Army! My 1872 open t is chambered in .45 Colt and it is a favorite for sure!
my fav hand guns is a set of 1858 remingtons made by ubirty which is what u get if u buy from colt is a ubirty made colt reproduction. but i love on how fast u can switch out the cylinders on the remington have 4 extra cylinders and 2 converters for each gun
As you know Plowboy I bought a New Model Blackhawk in .45lc a few weeks ago after watching your video’s. I’m so excited to own this fine piece of machinery! I’ve started buying all the components to start reloading this caliber and also the .357 mag for my Taurus model 65. What is your “go to” smokeless powder for the .45? I’m starting out with Hodgdon H110. Your help would be appreciated brother. Thanks for the video!!!!
I run 8.2 gr of Universal under a 255 gr Lee in all my clones. The large frame BH can handle more, if course, but that load is potent.
Thanks for the video Plowboy.
I agree with you, sort of.
I have a couple of 45 Colts.
But I been riding the 44 mag and the 44 Spl too long to change ponys now.
Thanks again.
OH, yeah. We think alike. Gotta LOVE the 45 Colt, and I have several! And a Marlin 1894 Cowboy in that caliber. Sweet!
My *other* love is also Colt related - the 45 Auto. Yep, have several. LOL 45 rules! Thanks for the video. SUBSCRIBED!
Thank you!!
Personally I started with the .357 back in 82 with a S&W 19-4. For personal 4 legged protection nothing works better.
Now if I lived in bear country I’m sure the .45 or .44 mag would be my fav!
Great video and love your SA pistols.
Thank you!
I've walked in bear country every fall, 45 Colt and 255 gr bullets at 900 fps are my load. Now I also carry a 4570 Gov. But a 12 ga with 1 once slugs are a good choice too.
That it is...good to hear from you, brother.
@@plowboysghost. I'm still around, lol. Nice vid and straight up honest.
A Mr. Boothroyd's preference was .44 Magnum. He wrote and told Ian Fleming that James Bond should not be caring that .25 caliber Beretta. Obviously a Secret Agent isn't going to carry a 44 Magnum undercover like he's Dirty Harry. And so, in the movies, Bond was switched to the Walther PPK as a compromise, and the weapons master was named Major Boothroyd in his honor.
Best statement ever: Because it don’t come in a damn Glock! 😂👍🏻
Even if I disagreed with you, I couldn't see the sense in a argument. As someone who has lived in grizzly country and much of the time packing Bertha( .54 caliber caplock muzzleloader) and Remington new model army on my side it would gain little
But I did get some chuckles out of the video
Mountain man
I couldn't bring myself to choose one or two shots of caplock or flintlock of any caliber in a life or death struggle where ignition NEEDS to be absolute....but that's just me.
If it starts with a 4 I like it. My top 3 favorite rounds in order 1) 45colt; 2) 44mag; 3) 40s&w
That's my #1 and #2.
Elmer Keith's love affair with the .44 cartridge led to the birth of the .44 Magnum. He was not fond of the balloon head cases the .45 Colt had back then, so he turned to the .44 Special, which he found to be a very accurate catridge.
Yep.
Dick Casull and John Linebaugh did for the 45 colt what Elmer Keith couldn’t do with the guns of his time. At the end of the day, Elmer Keith chose the .44 because of cylinder wall thickness in a standard colt frame. I am sure that in his later years, he recognized that Bill Ruger’s Blackhawk in 45 colt along with solid head cases had fixed every issue he ever had with the cartridge.
He also chose the .44 because of it's inherent accuracy, which it was already known for.@@Studentofthegun45
Love me some .44 Special but then that caliber is the grandson of the .44-40. I also love me some .45 Colt's even if Winchester never mass produced one of their lever guns in that caliber. A single action revolver and lever gun in .45 Colt's would make me feel really, really well armed indeed under most any circumstances.
I've toted those two very guns across many states.
Plowboy, you ain’t wrong!! But you talking about them Franklin County Grizzlies, you see the Walker County Grizzlies we have down here!! 🤣🤣. But I sure do love my 44wcf’s too.
.44 WCF is a fine rifle round.
@@plowboysghost that it is. 👍👍
Let’s not forget, Elmer loved the .44 Special, when it was loaded with his pet load. In his book, Sixguns by Keith, he stated if he was stuck with factory loads only, his choice would be the .45 Colt
Saber tooth rattle chicken, I gotta remember that. LOL
Good stuff sir. I concur.
Thank you.
I only carry a.45 colt. I use a pietta 1860 Army with a Kirst konversion kit. My black powder ammo is 40 grains FFG and a 165 grain soft lead bullet with a Magnum primer. I never really have issues with it either.
.45 ACP in a DA Revolver (S&W 625-3 3"). The spectrum of loads, including handloads and Auto Rim, is mind boggling!
45 Colt is King
It is on this mountain 😁👍
What I like about a M92 and Blackhawk pairing is you really don't have to worry about mixing up the ammo since they will both handle heavy loads. The 92 is a strong action...stronger than the Marlin 94. There, I said it. 🤣
Got both!
It' very popular here in Alaska along with the 45-70 for Kodiak Grizzlies
I hope to see the backwoods of Alaska, one day.
Well Sir, anytime you want to visit you can stay at my house for a few days, wife's permission of course.....🤣
@@jasonm6090 😁 Thank you much!