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Driftwood Johnson · March 16, 2014, 11:15 AM

Howdy Again

Good question. My take on it is that I seem to remember part of the qualifications for the 45 Colt load was that it be able to take down a horse. If you take down his horse, you disable a cavalryman. I have no factual evidence of this, but I suspect the SAA was regulated to 50 yards in case one was shooting at a target as big as a horse.

March 16, 2014, 11:15 AM	#10
Driftwood Johnson Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2014 Location: Land of the Pilgrims Posts: 2,033	Howdy Again Good question. My take on it is that I seem to remember part of the qualifications for the 45 Colt load was that it be able to take down a horse. If you take down his horse, you disable a cavalryman. I have no factual evidence of this, but I suspect the SAA was regulated to 50 yards in case one was shooting at a target as big as a horse.