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Is there any doubt that Americans, all things being equal, still prefer the .45 ACP? Sturm, Ruger & Co. introduced two .45s this year, one is cutting-edge and the other is a classic. Take your pick.
November 21, 2013
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With the subcompact, single-stack .45 ACP Springfield XD-S pistol introduced last year taking awards and flying off shelves, why introduce a 9 mm Luger? In a word, recoil.
October 01, 2013
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It is really amazing how many cartridges have long service lives. During this centennial year of the great .45 ACP cartridge (and the gun that shoots it), we remember a full century of service for this legendary problem-solver. Students of the .45 know that the basic idea is more than 100 years old, since Colt made early relatives of the 1911 as far back as 1905. The desirable ballistics of a big, slow-moving .45 slug for military service goes back as far as 1875 with the .45 Schofield round and 1873 for the .45 Colt. That turn of the century era was fertile time for ammunition designers. We saw the .38 Spl. introduced in 1898, the 9 mm Luger in 1904 and the .44 Spl. in 1907. The .38 Spl. became the top police cartridge of the 20th century in America. It also was the basis for .the famous .357 Mag., which ushered in the Magnum handgun era.
December 22, 2011
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Since SWAT gets the toughest calls, their handguns have to handle everything.
September 14, 2011
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I like revolvers and I like the .45 ACP caliber, so I occasionally carry either a Colt or Ruger using cylinders in .45 ACP.
June 14, 2010
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When Colt cast about for a name for their latest big revolver and came up with “New Service,” it was just before the turn of the 19th Century.
March 11, 2010
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The Taurus Millennium Pro.
July 23, 2009
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A 1911 that boasts reliability and accuracy never before possible.
July 07, 2009
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