John Taffin’s Book Of The 45 Caliber

This book consists of a lifetime of experiences with .45-caliber firearms – sixguns, semiautos, single shots and leverguns. It is not even close to being the Complete Book of the .45 for several reasons. I have not experienced every type of .45 ever made, and although I’ve seen several books with the word “complete” in their title, they were far from it. It is simply impossible to write a complete book of anything. You will also find a few, a very few, .45 handgun cartridges missing, such as the .451 Detonics and .45 Super. I simply have no experience with them. However, the .45 Colt, .45 Schofield, .45 Auto Rim, .45 ACP, .45 GAP, .45 Win Mag, .454 Casull, .460 Rowland, .460 S&W, .45-70, .45-90 and .45-110 will all be found here, along with many of the firearms in which they are chambered (as well as specially selected loads). I can’t cover every cartridge in a book this size, nor can I cover every sixgun, semiauto, single shot and levergun. What you’ll find here are those cartridges and guns I pretty much favor. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1 SIXGUNS AND THEIR CARTRIDGES THE CARTRIDGES Chapter 1: The .45 Colt Chapter 2: The .45 S&W Schofield Chapter 3: The .45 Auto Rim Chapter 4: The .454 Casull Chapter 5: The .45-70 & .460 S&W THE SIXGUNS Chapter 6: The Colt Single Action Army Chapter 7: The Colt Model 1878 & New Service Chapter 8: The Great Western Frontier Model Chapter 9: The Post-War Colt Single Action Army Chapter 10: The Colt New Frontier Chapter 11: The .45 Colt Anaconda Chapter 12: The .45 Smith & Wesson Schofield Chapter 13: The S&W .45 Hand Ejectors Chapter 14: The Smith & Wesson Model 625 Chapter 15: The Smith & Wesson Model 460XVR Chapter 16: Ruger .45 Blackhawk & Bisley Chapter 17: Ruger Redhawk .45 & Super Redhawk .454 Chapter 18: Ruger .45 Vaqueros Chapter 19: Ruger Old Army .45 Chapter 20: USFA .45 Single Actions Chapter 21: Freedom Arms .454 Casull Model 83 Chapter 22: Freedom Arms Model 97 Chapter 23: Texas Longhorn Arms Improved No. 5 Chapter 24: The Dan Wesson M45 Chapter 25: The Taurus .45s Chapter 26: A Gallery of Great .45 Sixguns Chapter 27: A Gallery of Sixgun Stocks & Handgun Hide Chapter 28: Managing the Single-Action Sixgun Chapter 29: Mastering the Double-Action .45 Sixgun THE REPLICA SIXGUNS Chapter 30: The .45 Sixguns of Cimarron Chapter 31: Hartford Remingtons & STI Texicans Chapter 32: Cartridge Conversions Part 2 SEMIAUTO PISTOLS AND THEIR CARTRIDGES THE CARTRIDGES Chapter 33: The .45 ACP Chapter 34: The .45 Winchester Magnum Chapter 35: The .460 Rowland Chapter 36: The .45 GAP THE SEMIAUTOMATICS Chapter 37: The Colt Government Model Chapter 38: Wilson Combat .45s Chapter 39: Return of the Remington 1911 Chapter 40: USFA Government Models Chapter 41: Para-USA .45s Chapter 42: Smith & Wesson’s .45 Semiautos Chapter 43: Ruger’s .45 Semiautos Chapter 44: Dan Wesson 1911s Chapter 45: Taurus .45 Semiautos Chapter 46: The Glock .45 Chapter 47: Kimber’s .45 1911s Chapter 48: Springfield Armory’s .45 Semiautos Chapter 49: Foreign .45s Chapter 50: A Gallery of Government Models Chapter 51: A Gallery of Handles & Hide for 1911s PART 3 LONG GUNS AND THEIR CARTRIDGES Chapter 52: The .45-70 Then and Now Chapter 53: The .45 Single Shots Chapter 54: .45 Colt Leverguns Chapter 55: The Marlin Model 1895 Chapter 56: Winchester’s Model 1876 .45-75 Chapter 57: The .45-70 Winchester Model 1886 Chapter 58: The Winchester .45 Colt Model 1894 Chapter 59: Replica .45 Colt Leverguns Chapter 60: Remembering Jeff Cooper