Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Any reason to choose .45 Colt?

I have some crop damage permits & the first gun I'm taking is going to be my S&W 45 Mountain Gun with a 260 gr Keith running about 1,000 fps. As mentioned, no deer or antelope can stop one, at least I've never seen it happen yet. Nasty out the front end & easy on the back end.

Dick

Buffalo Bore +P Outdoorsman .45 ACP comes pretty close to that.

Look anything like this one on the bottom, Dick?

625-2 .45 acp above..

Yup, that's the one & they are dandy six guns! Had one of the model of 1988's also & started out shooting a model of 1989 when I started shooting USPSA a long time ago. I pounded a lot of cast bullets down both of those 625's! You should send that up here to Idaho where I can warm up the barrel.......

Dick

Have boat, need anchor?

45 Colt is mild in most factory loads due to the weakness of old Colt revolvers. Reloads can run safely with 44 Magnum. I certainly don’t see the 44 Magnum as ANY standard of comparison.

45 Colt is quite gentle on recoil, even with a 250 gr load at 1000 fps. It won’t give you the pressure concussion that you get with 357’s & 44 magnums. The 44 Mag offers no benefit over the 45 Colt.

45 Colt ammo is no less available commercially. Don’t buy a 44 just because everybody else has one. My 45 Colt hunting loads run near 1300 fps & are quite comfortable to shoot. Muzzle blast on those loads cannot even come close to the totally obnoxious 44 Magnum.

No reason to forgo a 45 Colt. You’ll be glad you chose it.

Yeah, a 44 Magnum would be an alright trot-line anchor.

John Linebaugh’s comments are worth reading:

https://www.johnlinebaughcustomsixguns.com/writings

Thanks for that link. Good article there.

An oldie but a goodie.

When I was younger, I had a few guns from John and a few from David Clements in 45 Colt.

If I was under gunned, it was lost on me.

I'd actually like to own an N frame .45. But I really don't do range guns. I have a couple that I refer to as range guns but only because they've been replaced by smaller and lighter for carry.

Handguns are carry guns IMO...

They’re hunting guns in my world! :-)

45 colt/45acp redhawk is the most versatile..............

45 Colt, 45 Colt w/ 45ACP Cylinder, 44 Special, and 44/40.
Don't need no Dirty Harry 44 Mag.

Surely agree.

Here's my Redhawk 45 Colt. I replaced the Hogue grips with some original Redhawk grips. Holster is a Simply Rugged pancake. Nice set up. A little heavy but I wear suspenders when I have any belt gun on my hip.

That's a beautiful four-horse team, jbmi!

And those short 45 Redhawks are tempting me something fierce.

Sarge, I'm with you! I've owned a lot of Redhawks & Super Redhawks but I've never owned a short one, that gun looks nice & we all know they are built like a......Redhawk!

Dick

You’d be hard pressed to find a much stronger built gun.
I had David Clements build me one before they were available from the Factory.