45 Long Colt”) and 12-gauge Winchester pump-action ... with the legendary Rough Riders—used a Model 1892 A&N gun (recovered from the sunken battleship USS Maine no less) to good effect.

The post-Civil War era saw the end of the cap-and-ball revolver, although they would be found in the belts of many long after ... stuffing a .45 Colt into a .44-40 rifle was a difficult jam ...

45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, it became the U.S. Armed Forces’ standard-issue sidearm following the failures of the Army’s .38 Long Colt revolvers during the fight against the ...