OK, I will start another argument. To me, the .45 Colt, .44-40, .45 Army (Schofield), and .44 Special are all much of a muchness. I doubt anyone hit by one of them could tell which one it was, and the "big" differences exist only in folks' imaginations.
FWIW, the ONLY ammunition issued to the U.S. Army from 1874 to the end of the SAA's service life was the .45 Army or .45 Government. The .45 Colt was not made at Frankford or contracted for. The Model 1909 was chambered by Colt for the .45 Colt, but the Army never issued that ammunition, making its own .45 Model 1909 cartridge with a larger rim.
So in spite of story and myth, the U.S. Army actually issued .45 Colt ammunition for only about a year.
Jim
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