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Rod WMG · 07-17-2005, 11:34 AM

Things are aggravated even more when people don't recognize the proper name for a round.

For example, if I go to a shop and ask for ".45 Colt" ammo, I'm invariably asked, ".45 Long Colt?" Or I'm simply handed a box of .45 ACP ammo. Now, some people dispute this, but I'm of the opinion that there was never such a designation, the confusion coming about because of the shorter .45 Schofield round which could be and was/is fired in .45 Colt sixguns. Then lately the issue is made more murky by Colt's threatening to sue those manufacturers who use the designation ".45 Colt" despite the fact that it's been in the public arena for a hundred years plus. They insist on folks using ".45 LC," not "Long Colt," but "LC." They can sue me, I guess, because it'll always be .45 Colt to me.

Oh, the ins and outs of loving guns and ammo!

07-17-2005, 11:34 AM	#11
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Things are aggravated even more when people don't recognize the proper name for a round. For example, if I go to a shop and ask for ".45 Colt" ammo, I'm invariably asked, ".45 Long Colt?" Or I'm simply handed a box of .45 ACP ammo. Now, some people dispute this, but I'm of the opinion that there was never such a designation, the confusion coming about because of the shorter .45 Schofield round which could be and was/is fired in .45 Colt sixguns. Then lately the issue is made more murky by Colt's threatening to sue those manufacturers who use the designation ".45 Colt" despite the fact that it's been in the public arena for a hundred years plus. They insist on folks using ".45 LC," not "Long Colt," but "LC." They can sue me, I guess, because it'll always be .45 Colt to me. Oh, the ins and outs of loving guns and ammo!