DoubleTap Ammunition offers a standard-pressure .45 Colt load topped with a 255-grain semi-wadcutter listed at 920 f.p.s. and a 360-grain hard-cast solid .45 Colt +P launching at about 1,200 f.p.s.

The .45 Colt retains the bullet diameter of its .44 Colt predecessor at .452" - .454" but kicks the weight of the bullet up to 255 grains.

This reinforces the power advantage of the .45 Colt/.454 Casull duo, but there are so many more factory ammunition options available for the .44 Special and .44 Magnum, offering more versatility.

Mr. Kenney testified that during that production, some cast members had left the set to shoot live ammunition — including some .45-caliber Long Colt rounds — in what he referred to as ...

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the legendary M1911 single-action semiautomatic pistol and its .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces’ standard ...

Eventually, the Army phased out the Schofield revolvers and went with the SAA across the board. Then, it also went back to the .45 Colt ammo until it was replaced by the underpowered .38 Long Colt in ...

According to the lawsuit, Gutierrez Reed arrived on set Oct. 21, the day of the shooting, to find a box labeled "dummy rounds .45 LC." She said it was supplied by Kenney and PDQ.

SANTA FE, N.M. — When Alec Baldwin removed the vintage Colt .45 revolver from its holster and pointed it toward the camera in an Old West-style church on a New Mexico ranch last week, crew ...

The U.S. Army adopted the new handgun in July 1873, naming it the M1873, and bought 36,000 revolvers chambered in .45 Colt caliber. The revolver was introduced to the civilian market two months ...

On the left, .45 Long Colt round. On the right, a blank. ... After the Oct. 21 on-set incident, Gutierrez Reed told investigators there should not have been any real bullets on the set, ...

A teenager shot dead by police shortly after Hurricane Katrina was hit by bullets from at least three different guns, and received most of his wounds while lying on the ground, a pathologist said ...