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Old June 16, 2008, 08:47 PM   #26
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There were problems with extractors in rifles with 45 Colt in the 1800s.
Nobody chambered a rifle in .45 Colt in the 1800's. The case heads were a lot smaller then than they are now. An extractor couldn't grip them. It wasn't until 1985 Winchester chambered a rifle in .45 Colt.
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