Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.
GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY
Handgun Ammo
45 Schofield
45 Schofield (45 S&W) was introduced in 1875 in the S&W Schofield revolver. It was an alternate issue by the U.S. Army until 1892. Bullet diameter is .4559-inch, but the Schofield revolver has a shorter cylinder than the Colt single-action, so the 45 Schofield has a shorter case. Its original charge of blackpowder was thus much smaller than the 45 Colt. The 45 Schofield is thus not nearly as powerful as the 45 Colt, but the break-open Schofield revolver was much faster to reload...and, with less recoil, it is considerably easier to shoot than the 45 Colt. As with many older cartridges cowboy action shooting has brought it back, with reproductions and modern smokeless loads readily available. — Craig Boddington
