Can you use colt 45 and colt 45 long in the same pistol?
Actually, the cartridges are .45 ACP (automatic Colt Pistol) and
.45 Colt (the cowboy era revolver cartridge. There is not really a
Colt 45 Long. Can a revolver shoot both? Some can- they are
chambered for the Colt .45 -but to shoot .45 ACP they need a "half
moon clip"- a strip of metal that holds 3 of the shorter .45 ACP
cartridges. 2 of those fill a 6 shot revolver. The PISTOL (not
revolver) that shoots the .45 ACP cannot shoot the .45 Colt- no
groove for the extractor to pull a fired cartridge out of the
chamber, and it is too long.