Not to common anymore?

Specter · 12-29-2005, 11:59 PM

I've done some googling for a couple days now and haven’t found much on the .45 Colt being used for CCW. Is this Revolver caliber not too commonly used for that role? Has it ever?

Copper · 12-30-2005, 12:10 AM

The only thing I've ever seen the .45 colt carried for CCW was a Bond Arms Texas Defender. I think that when most people hear ".45 Colt" they think of a Colt Peacemaker and quickly dismiss it as being a "cowboy gun".

Specter · 12-30-2005, 12:36 AM

But it would be perfectly fine for CCW if one could manage to find and/or conceal a gun as big as a .45 Colt wheel gun might be? Just curious

Copper · 12-30-2005, 01:09 AM

The bad thing about large caliber revolvers is that they "print" real bad through a shirt when worn on the hip. If I was going to carry a .45 colt concealed, I would go with a Ruger Vaquero Sheriff's model. It has a "Birds head" grip and the barrel is 3-3/4 inch. You would probably have to get a custom concealment holster for it though.

12-30-2005, 06:07 AM

Taurus makes concealable revolvers in that caliber

http://www.taurususa.com/products/pr...-revolvers.cfm

Lonegun1894 · 01-03-2006, 10:33 PM

I often carry a Ruger Vaquero in .45Colt with a 4 3/4" barrel on it. Have a holster i got from Mernickle holsters and that thing conceals it as well as any other belt holster i have seen on ANY weapon. The holster cost me something close to 80 bucks or so, but it was just something i had to have, and isnt near as expensive as other gunleather i have seen.

12-29-2005, 11:59 PM	#1
Specter Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 90	Not to common anymore? I've done some googling for a couple days now and haven’t found much on the .45 Colt being used for CCW. Is this Revolver caliber not too commonly used for that role? Has it ever?

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12-30-2005, 12:10 AM	#2
Copper Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Southern "Mizzeruh" Posts: 246	The only thing I've ever seen the .45 colt carried for CCW was a Bond Arms Texas Defender. I think that when most people hear ".45 Colt" they think of a Colt Peacemaker and quickly dismiss it as being a "cowboy gun".

12-30-2005, 12:36 AM	#3
Specter Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 90	But it would be perfectly fine for CCW if one could manage to find and/or conceal a gun as big as a .45 Colt wheel gun might be? Just curious

12-30-2005, 01:09 AM	#4
Copper Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Southern "Mizzeruh" Posts: 246	The bad thing about large caliber revolvers is that they "print" real bad through a shirt when worn on the hip. If I was going to carry a .45 colt concealed, I would go with a Ruger Vaquero Sheriff's model. It has a "Birds head" grip and the barrel is 3-3/4 inch. You would probably have to get a custom concealment holster for it though.

12-30-2005, 06:07 AM	#5
Logansdad Guest Posts: n/a	Taurus makes concealable revolvers in that caliber http://www.taurususa.com/products/pr...-revolvers.cfm

01-03-2006, 10:33 PM	#6
Lonegun1894 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 206	I often carry a Ruger Vaquero in .45Colt with a 4 3/4" barrel on it. Have a holster i got from Mernickle holsters and that thing conceals it as well as any other belt holster i have seen on ANY weapon. The holster cost me something close to 80 bucks or so, but it was just something i had to have, and isnt near as expensive as other gunleather i have seen.