By Patrick Sweeney
Everything you have ever desired to learn about America's favourite handgun cartridge!
Designed approximately a century in the past, the .45 ACP cartridge has earned a richly deserved recognition as a wonderfully exact, slap-em-down handgun cartridge. An venerated veteran of 2 global Wars, Korea, Vietnam and lesser conflicts around the globe, the .45 ACP is now extra well known than ever for festival capturing, legislations enforcement and self-defense. Now, simply in time for the .45 ACPs a hundredth anniversary, handgun professional Pat Sweeney provides us the interior scoop on America's favourite big-bore cartridge. in the event you personal a handgun or carbine chambered for the large .45, or if you are contemplating purchasing on, you will discover every little thing you wish within the Gun Digest mammoth fats ebook of the .45 ACP.
It's all here:
- The origins of the .45 ACP and the weapons that use it
- Reloading assistance, methods and techniques
- The inside of tale of .45 ACP situations, bullets, primers and powder
- And lots more!
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I was at the SHOT Show that year, an industry trade show where manufacturers annually roll out their new products, and saw the demo frames. I ordered one right away, and after building it into a pistol, I shot it a bit in competition. However, the first frame had a minor problem: It was aluminum. For a carry gun, aluminum is a good thing. For a competition gun, not so much. Well, Para took care of that problem, they offered steel frames, and then whole guns, until they now have a lineup that would make anyone jealous.
So treat the old ones gently. The new ones? Stoke them up. The oldest new one is the Target Model of 1955, also known as the M-25-2. indd 53 9/10/09 1:29:52 PM chapter 2 WHAT TO SHOOT or bowling pin shooters’ armory. They have a reputation of being somewhat touchy about the bullets they shot well with. Once you find what yours likes, stick with it. The newer version of that is the 625 with many “dash” versions. The 625 is stainless with a full-lugged barrel that is 4 or 5 inches long. The 4-inch version is popular in IDPA, where the 5-inch model is simply not allowed.
If you want a shorter grip, remove the chassis from the shell, replace it with a smaller shell and you’re done. It actually fits a descriptor over-used in business school: modular. The 250 is full-time DAO, and the trigger simply works the hammer. If you haven’t stroked the trigger almost all the way back, the hammer is not cocked. ) The advantage to us is that you can have full-sized and compact shells (and mags to match) for competition and carry, for the cost of not much more than one gun. 45 ACP, you can have one (or all) of four Glock models: the 21, 21SF, 30 and 36.