The . 45 Colt, from a handgun, when loaded with a 255 grain hard cast pushed to around 900 fps will shoot through a broadside deer like nothing. Pushed a little harder, it’ll handle bears plenty well enough.

Several Marques have excellent reputations. Colt, Ruger, and Colt clone USPFA are all excellent single actions. High end Cimarron guns made by Uberti are also very good . Freedom Arms revolvers are enormously strong, heavy, well made and pricey.

The Taurus Judge is a five shot revolver designed and produced by Taurus International, chambered for . 410 bore shot shells and the . 45 Colt cartridge. Taurus promotes the Judge as a self-defense tool against carjacking and for home protection….

The . 45 Colt is a less popular cartridge so limited production is made. New guns come out to the market which increased the demand. The supply is not there to meet the demand.

You can reload . 45 Long Colt for approx. $11/box of 25 or $22/box of 50. Now it sells in boxes of 20 so you are best off reloading your own.

45lc? It’s hard to find locally. Like many revolver rounds, it really benefits if you can reload, that’s the only way I can keep my Blackhawk fed. If you must make a compromise to carry a concealed handgun, compromise on fashion, not the firearm.

A pandemic, civil unrest and the fear of a gun-control-happy administration has caused both weapon and ammunition sales to skyrocket in 2020. With more people interested gun ownership and increased ammo hoarding, gun stores have been left barren.

Now, there’s another shortage: Ammunition. According to the weapons website The Reload, those in the industry expect the shortage to continue for years. “On certain products, we are certainly seeing backlogs that stretch out two years and beyond,” Brett Flaugher, president of Winchester Ammunition, told the website.

3 Handgun Calibers That Are Easier To Find During Lean Times

• 38 Special. The former default handgun cartridge . 38 Special is one of the few that hasn’t as completely depleted as 9mm or .
• 38 Super. For those unaware, . 38 Super is an old cartridge that originally came out during Prohibition.
• 40 S&W. Think the .

Recent events and the pandemic have fueled a shortage of firearms and ammunition as people find empty shelves at local gun stores. The pandemic also affected the supply as production slowed during the shutdown and manufacturers had a difficult time catching up and getting people to return to work.

VERIFY: Massive demand, hoarding at the core of U.S. firearm ammunition shortage. Conspiracy theories claim the government is responsible for the ammo shortage. Unprecedented demand is the actual root cause. WASHINGTON — A Virginia gun owner told us a gun without bullets is just a hammer.