When he died in 1862, the company was dedicated to producing the same percussion revolvers. Sam Colt became a millionaire producing percussion revolvers.
On paper, the 357 Magnum was the first cartridge to exceed the 45 Colt’s muzzle energy, but many knowledgeable sixgunners, Elmer Keith included, believed the 45 Colt actually offered more practical power than the “First Magnum.” Today, it remains one of our most popular sixgun cartridges. This was achieved with 40 grains of black powder. The original loading was a bullet of approximately 255 grains with a muzzle velocity of somewhere around 850 to 900 fps. By the standards of the day when it arrived in 1873, and even to this day, the 45 Colt was and is a powerful cartridge. The 45 Colt also predates the 38 Special, the 44 Special, and the 45 ACP, and not only is it more than 80 years older than the 44 Magnum, but it also has more case capacity and in the proper sixguns can outrank the 44 Magnum. In 1935 we entered the “Magnum Sixgun Era” with the arrival of the 357 Magnum however, long before that we had the 45 Colt.
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