45 long colt
can anyone please tell me why did taurus stop making the model 450 45 cal. long colt snub nose revolver, everyone that owned one said it was a great gun.
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i have just got a rossi 410 45 lc rifle it has a 20" barrel and need some info on reloads for the 45LC what power to use and what weight bullet to use and what kind of speed can i get with this all mt book only have loads for pistoles with short barrels thanks Bill 0 -
Taurus is famous for bringing out guns that look kinda cool but end up not being as popular as they thought. You can try to find a used one--on their website they were showing a version like it but in .41 Mag still available. 0 -
i am in love with my judge,ordered another yesterday 0 -
YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET A MODEL 29 44MAG WAY BETTER GUN 0 -
Remaining focused on the original question (Taurus' .45c) lets just say they have been known to be "hit-and-run". By that I mean, if a product isn't flying off the distributors shelves, and there's no great back-order interest, they are reluctant to re-open the production for a particular model after the funding for the initial run has been expended.
One other big item..if a flaw (read: user complaint) has been forwarded to the company during the initial production run, good chance it means the end of further production, rather than do the modifications/upgrades.
That's the way they choose to operate. They're still solvent. Something must be working for them. Best, Joe0 -
quote:Originally posted by dave40glock
can anyone please tell me why did taurus stop making the model 450 45 cal. long colt snub nose revolver, everyone that owned one said it was a great gun.
The answer to "why did company X stop making product Y" is almost always the same: they weren't selling fast enough to justify maintaining production.
The fact is, there is a pretty small market for snubnose pistols in calibers of .44 special and .45 (long) Colt.
While there are a few gun buffs such as yourself that appreciate the utility of .45ACP-like ballistics out of a snubnose revolver, most shooters find the recoil from such guns to be excessive, the ammo more expensive and scarce compared to the more popular calibers, and the guns themselves heavier and bulkier than the smaller-caliber snubnoses, working against the main advantage of a snubnose (ie easy concealment).
For most shooters the .44 special is the obscure "Son of Sam" round, and the .45 LC is a "cowboy" round.
So while a few of the manufacturers (eg Taurus, Charter Arms) have offered these sorts of pocket cannons over the years, they've never really caught on, despite their utility.0 -
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