Picking Just One Sure Ain’t Fun … But Will Git’r Done
[…] Ruger Bisley provides the strength needed to shoot heavy .45 Colt loads nearing .454 Casull power, so close that any […]
[…] Ruger Bisley provides the strength needed to shoot heavy .45 Colt loads nearing .454 Casull power, so close that any […]
[…] 97 years old, and 1911A1s can be 97 to 78. Colt and S&W Model 1917 revolvers (military-marked ones) were made […]
[…] Not the best, but still capable. Then comes a .45 Colt offering pushing a typical 250-grain JHP at 900 fps […]
[…] the safe after Skeeter died was an engraved 1950s vintage Colt 1911 with S&W rear sight. Bart always liked this […]
[…] given him by Dick Ware, who used a .45 caliber Colt’s long-barreled six-shooter. The ball from Ware’s pistol struck Bass’ […]
[…] just carried a lot. While I loved J-Frames and D-Frame Colts — and still do — the K-Frame sized Model […]
[…] how the concept began. It was simple logistics. Winchester and Colt started it by making rifles, carbines and revolvers firing […]
[…] bought the three semi-auto pistols they had. They were all Colt Commanders and chambered in .45 ACP, 9mm and .38 […]
[…] few are remembered today. I find it especially interesting that Colt’s high-quality pocket guns of the early metallic cartridge era […]
[…] make the big .45 easier to carry, in the 1940s, Colt introduced their Commander, which has a 4 1/4″ barrel. […]