You’re the last batter up so I’ll bore you:<}
As a youngster I recall my grandmother bringing up Douglas MacArthur a couple of times about how her mother and aunts played with him as a kid. He was a bit of a pest of course being a boy and younger than them. My great great grandfather was an Army lifer—1850s to 1880s—and was Arthur MacArthur’s First Sergeant in, I think, Company I of the 13 th Infantry. Thus I have a bit of interest in the equipage of the frontier Army, shootin irons, etc. When my old man was a kid visiting his never wed great aunts in Missouri he found a trunk in the attic with the old boy’s uniforms, sword and Schofield and leather stuff. Whether the pistol was issue or private purchase we don’t know. After the aunts died I do not what happened to the trunk.
Anyway, regarding the 45 “Long” Colt terminology Colt apparently did not officially call the round that HOWEVER it makes sense that appellation came about. There were 32 Short and Long Colt rounds; 38 Short Colt; 41 Short and Long Colts; 450 Colt; 455 Colt revolver rounds and of course the 45 Colt round we are commonly familiar with today.
HOWEVER. HOWEVER. HOWEVER. How many shooters are aware of the 45 Colt also called 45 Government round that was produced for the 45 Schofield revolver? Yessirree folks, there was a 45 Colt cartridge issued by the Army that was the same 1.10” case length as the Schofield round but with the 255 grain bullet and the 45 Colt rim size. I don’t think it was real successful. If anyone ever comes across an old case that is headstamped as above but looks it is too short now you know why. This is why the “unofficial” name of 45 Long Colt came into being.
Interesting. I don't recall running across that one.
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