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[…] doesn’t seem to fit on a single-action sixgun. The original Colt Single Action Army was a 7 1/2″-barreled .45 Cavalry […]

[…] the article. I’ve been happily shooting a variety of .45 Colt single-actions, using a load of 6 grains of Alliant […]

[…] made. Just ask Elmer Keith as he blew up old Colt single actions working toward the .44 Magnum. But for […]

[…] versions to target models and from .38 Specials to .45 Colts. I owned them all at one time or the […]

[…] lot better, right? Let me cite my ownership of a Colt 1908, a High Standard Supermatic Citation and about a […]

[…] is quite different from their all-steel SP101. I consider the Colt Detective Special, S&W Chiefs Special and the Ruger SP101 […]

[…] of the barrel. This method later showed up in the Colt Mid-Range NM production guns. John Giles made lightweight hammers […]

[…] for, and that varies. With an engraved pistol from the Colt Custom Shop, you’re paying for the eye and experience […]

[…] at the loading bench, putting together ammunition for my vintage Colt Diamondback. I recently rediscovered this sixgun has a particular […]

Dick’s .45 Colt loads with the 282-grain HP consisted of 23 grains of 4227 and averaged 1,354 FPS from his […]