This old 45 Colt vs 45 Long Colt discussion goes on forever.
45 Colt was the original cartridge for the Colt Model P revolver. 45 Schofield was used briefly by the military for the S&W Schofield revolvers, causing a logistics headache having to supply both because the 45 Schofield would not work in the Colt revolvers. So the bright boys iin the War Department invented the 45 Government, a shorter version of the 45 Colt that would work in the Schofield revolvers as well. Many folks did not like the 45 Government because it was not loaded to the full capability of the 45 Colt, so people started referring to 45 Long Colt when they wanted full power ammo. Sure, it's not technically correct, but it's common usage, so I just live with it.
And FWIW, 44WCF is a better rifle cartridge because of the slight bottleneck. It helps with feeding.
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