The Wait is Over: Ruger's .45 ACP/.45 Colt Revolver
Ruger has added a dual-caliber big bore option to its popular Redhawk line.
.45 ACP vs. Brown Bear
Jim Landess of Sterling, Alaska, used a $200 Hi-Point .45 ACP pistol to defend his home against a 450-pound brown bear.
.45 Colt
I sat down to my reloading bench this morning to put together some .45 Colt ammo for my new Ruger Flattop. It got me to thinking: The .45 Colt just might be the best—or at least the most versatile—handgun cartridge of all time. Of course, that only holds true if you consider the role of a handgun in its traditional sense—a reactive tool for stopping threatening or edible creatures at close range.
A New .45
A couple of years ago, the Louisiana-based firearms distributor Lipsey’s put together a contract with Ruger to produce a Blackhawk Flattop .44 Special revolver. Seems they took notice that quite a few original Flattops in .357 Mag. were making their way to custom revolversmiths to be converted into the better caliber.
Federal and American Eagle .45 Auto Safety Warning
Certain lots of recently manufactured .45 Auto ammunition may contain an incorrect propellant charge.
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