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newfrontier45 · March 26, 2013, 02:52 PM

No, they issued the .45Gov't, which was a new cartridge designed to work in both the Colt SAA and S&W revolvers. It was the length of the .45S&W but had the smaller rim of the .45Colt. It was not the same as the .45S&W (Schofield).

March 26, 2013, 02:52 PM	#7
newfrontier45 Junior member Join Date: February 23, 2012 Posts: 921	No, they issued the .45Gov't, which was a new cartridge designed to work in both the Colt SAA and S&W revolvers. It was the length of the .45S&W but had the smaller rim of the .45Colt. It was not the same as the .45S&W (Schofield).