After the transition to smokeless powder, it fired a 150-grain lead bullet at a muzzle velocity of 770 fps for a muzzle energy of 195 ft.-lbs. This paled in comparison to the .45 Colt’s 400 ft.- ...
44 caliber bullets, which did much more damage. And by the time of Jesse's bank robberies in the early 1870s, the weapon of choice was the Colt .45 Peacemaker, which combined the bullet ...