.45 Auto vs ACP

[UncleBob]

This thread has confused me enough, that I think I will stay away from 45's!

I know these guys got a bit off topic - from a simple question to a history lesson - however .45 Glock - XD - you name it - is really a nice cal for stopping power without the extra velocity of the of the lower Cal's. I'm not saying a .45 won't blow threw these thin walls, however the larger round does more damage as a self defense weapon (imo) then say the same round in 9mm for self defence.

It's just my personal choice - .40 are nice and so are the 10mm. The original question was just about the writing on the box and round type. A little over kill on answers to the question.

[USA1]

This thread has confused me enough, that I think I will stay away from 45's!

OK, then we need to start a discussion on 9mm (Parabellum/Luger, Kurtz, Makarov...)

And 9mm short = .380

[Keith B]

This thread has confused me enough, that I think I will stay away from 45's!

OK, then we need to start a discussion on 9mm (Parabellum/Luger, Kurtz, Makarov...)

And 9mm short = .380

That is Kurtz or Kurz. These are all the same: 380 Auto, 9mm Browning, 9mm Corto, 9mm Kurz, 9mm Short, and 9x17mm Whew!! LOL

[USA1]

[MechAg94]

just to clear it up
ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol
45 Auto is the same
and yes
45 Colt is different

Maybe someone can detail the History on this. I thought the 45 ACP round was developed before the 1911 pistol. Did Colt develop the 45 ACP ammunition? Or was that someone else? I guess I had thought the only part Colt played in the whole 1911 story was they got the license to manufacture the 1911 pistol after the military selected it.

[UncleBob]

just to clear it up
ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol
45 Auto is the same
and yes
45 Colt is different

Maybe someone can detail the History on this. I thought the 45 ACP round was developed before the 1911 pistol. Did Colt develop the 45 ACP ammunition? Or was that someone else? I guess I had thought the only part Colt played in the whole 1911 story was they got the license to manufacture the 1911 pistol after the military selected it.

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[MechAg94]

Thanks.

[jimlongley]

Glad to see someone threw .45 Auto Rim on there just to season the pot. When I saw the title I immediately thought that it would be a comparison between Auto Rim and ACP.

According to my grandmother, a Cavalry brat whose father, John Sylvanus Loud, served from the "War between the States" to the Spanish American War, although the usage "Long Colt" came into being when she was a child, the average soldier know the difference between "Colt" and "Schofield" and didn't need the "Long" appellation to further differentiate.

On some forums, some people get very upset if someone calls a 45 Colt a 45 Long Colt. They seem to feel it's along the lines as calling a Magazine a Clip.

And it is.

[GOP]

There's actually three 45 autos:
45 ACP, which is the most common and generally what everyone means when they refer to a 45 auto
45 Autorim, much less common and the exact same as a 45 ACP with an added rim for revolvers
45 GAP, Glock Auto Pistol. Don't see many of these, never shot one.

[matrxx]

bottom line, which .45 you guy have for................sale?