Well, first off, ya gotta call it by it's proper name, 45 Colt. The "Long" colt is misnomer. But as far as the cartridge goes, if you reload it is probably one of the best all around pistol cartridges out their for both target and hunting, or.... You can load 250 gr.s at 700 fps for fun plinking then pull the trigger on 300-370 gr hardcast at 1000- 1300 fps and kill anything on the continent. If the Ruger you are looking at is a Bisley frame even better, the standard Blackhawk frame will do though.
Read this and you'll see the potential of the cartridge:
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