Cool photo.... and what a nice round to shoot...

sometimes i LOVE being from texas...this is one.

What part? I grew up in WichitaFalls north of Dallas.... dad is still in SanAntiono and live in Houston for a bit.... (Ick...Houston)...

Ick to Houston? At least you had some foliage there. Also I'm sure that damn humdity played hell on your smokes. Up here in Amarillo (the armpit of hades) it is a desolate barren wasteland that can be 70 degrees on day and snow 6 inches the next.

Nice to see some others from Tx never the less.

Yeah... north of Houston can have some pretty spots. But the crime is horrific there... traffic the worst I have ever seen (next to LA).... gang-bangers.... but i have to say... the best FOOD ANYWHERE! Never had a bad meal out in the city of Houston.

Amarillo is quite out there... but not to far from CO skiing, is it?

CO is about 8 hours away but we're only about 4 hours away from Taos and Santa Fe New Mexico which is a great weekend get away. Every year they have a sweet wine festival and a Chili (Pepper) festival along with a huge national hot air balloon festival up there. Beautiful part of the county. I'll have to post some pics sometime.

Nice pic. Just to be precise, there is no such cartridge as .45 LongColt. The official cartridge designation is .45 Colt.

But Steve,,,, doesn't LONG... sound cooler.....

steve02 the term 45 long colt was used to distinguish between the 45 colt and the 45 schofield which is shorter and used at the same time by the U.S. military.

Bandit and Steve are both correct....

My 45 LC all say "Colt"..... not Long colt, but they are not a field...

We.... 45 luv'ers..... know....

45 LC and 45 ACP are my most favorite round ever!

soooo sweet!

If God had meant for Texans to ski, He'd have built them a mountain. (Famous old saying on Durango, CO, T-shirt)

I spent a week in Amarillo, one day (Aug 1967). The temperature dropped over 70 degrees in about 4 hours.

Purp

Bandit - I know the reason - that doesn't change the fact that the cartridge is designated .45Colt. On that note, let me add that there is something 'evil' about 255gr moving down range. I really like the caliber.

Steve... where did the "long" come from?

See post #9 - he was absolutely correct. The .45 schofield is shorter, so the cowboys of the 1880s used to call them .45 long and .45 short, with the Colt being the longer of the two. It was commonly called .45Colt or .45Long and eventually just got called .45LongColt.

Likewise, when Colt came out with the .45ACP (Auto Colt Pistol - which was also shorter than the .45Colt), the .45 Long Colt again made sense to differentiate the 2 rounds.

Being that guns are my livelihood, I am a tad anal about proper nomenclature.