Good advice by Angus and Pete. Have a Ruger Redhawk 5050. Shoots 45acp via moon clips, and 45LC. When I bring it in the woods I use buffalo bore +p loads in 45LC. Those babies are close to 454 casull in performance. The great thing about this gun is the ability to run .45 colt loads not just blackhawk level hot but running into .454 casull territory (you can load up to 50k psi, .454 casull pressures are typically 55k, and blackhawk loads typically run into the 32k psi range) while maintaining the ability to practice with (relatively) cheap .45 acp. Ruger only made a short run on these, but from what I understand you can find used ones on gun broker or sometimes at Buds.
