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Bigfoot62 · Dec 14, 2015

What was Buffalo Bill's actual name????

William Cody

k0ua · Dec 14, 2015

The .45 colt cartridge was never chambered in The Winchester line of rifles in the day. There are some modern replicas now in that chambering. But the 44-40 was the most common of the many chamberings for the Winchester rifles, known in the day as the 44 WCF or .44 Winchester Center (central) Fire . In fact the same cartridge was a popular chambering in the Colt Model P as well so that the user could have interchangeability between his sidearm and his rifle/carbine. Something to consider when the nearest supply of cartridges might be hundreds of miles or months away.

crash325 · Dec 14, 2015

Good job James. You are correct.
The Rifle & not The pistol was know as the gun that won the west.

William F. Cody.

Colt single action had to be loaded i shell at a time through the side gate.

Did other mfg. make single action with better ( faster ) loading methods??

Colt had A weakness, what was it. Actually 2 of then.

2LaneCruzer · Dec 14, 2015

Your question was a bit unclear; after rereading the posts, I assume you were referring to the .45 Long Colt. I took the answer to say that Winchester never made a .45 caliber rifle, which is of course, incorrect. The .45-90 was of plainly a .45 caliber, which will also chamber the .45-70, but in line with your answer, I don't think there was a pistol in the world that would fire that round.
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Smith & Wesson made a break open pistol which was much easier and faster to reload, designed especially to facilitate reloading while on horseback. From memory, I believe it was single action, but not sure.

k0ua · Dec 14, 2015

The main weakness of the Colt Model P was the mainspring breaking. As for the other weakness, maybe you are referring to the lock-work was not that stout either or the fact the if dropped on its hammer from a distance of about 3 feet on a hard surface with a cartridge under that hammer, a negligent discharge would occur? That is why the smarter cowboys only kept "five beans in the wheel".

crash325 · Dec 16, 2015

k0ua said:
The main weakness of the Colt Model P was the mainspring breaking. As for the other weakness, maybe you are referring to the lock-work was not that stout either or the fact the if dropped on its hammer from a distance of about 3 feet on a hard surface with a cartridge under that hammer, a negligent discharge would occur? That is why the smarter cowboys only kept "five beans in the wheel".

At1 point Colt beefed up the revolver so that it could handle Smoke Less powder. Up to that point the cylinder would shoot loose.

I was referring to the 45 Colt pistol cartridge. The 45-70 came about 6 years after its introduction.

Colt did make a Bunt Line Special. When??
What did Ned Bunt have to do with it???

2LaneCruzer · Dec 17, 2015

I believe Ned Bunt was a pulp magazine writer who wrote stories of the Wild West; among his heroes was Wyatt Earp. I don't recall the date, but the Buntline (i.e., long barreled Colt) was a special order gift for Earp. Seems he had others made as gifts also.

k0ua · Dec 17, 2015

2LaneCruzer said:
I believe Ned Bunt was a pulp magazine writer who wrote stories of the Wild West; among his heroes was Wyatt Earp. I don't recall the date, but the Buntline (i.e., long barreled Colt) was a special order gift for Earp. Seems he had others made as gifts also.

So the story goes, but no one has been able to prove it, including Colt records. Some say that the records were lost. Others say this is all fiction. I believe Colt made some in the 1960's to cash in on a good story.