John Taffin's Book of the 45 Caliber

The most comprehensive book on the .45 caliber! John covers the guns, shooting and loading for all .45 caliber cartridges. This beautifully-colored book is hardbound with over 350 pages.

This book consists of a lifetime of experiences with .45-caliber firearms - sixguns, semiautos, single shots and leverguns. It is not even close to being the Complete Book of the .45 for several reasons. I have not experienced every type of .45 ever made, and although I've seen several books with the word "complete" in their title, they were far from it. It is simply impossible to write a complete book of anything. You will also find a few, a very few, .45 handgun cartridges missing, such as the .451 Detonics and .45 Super. I simply have no experience with them. However, the .45 Colt, .45 Schofield, .45 Auto Rim, .45 ACP, .45 GAP, .45 Win Mag, .454 Casull, .460 Rowland, .460 S&W, .45-70, .45-90 and .45-110 will all be found here, along with many of the firearms in which they are chambered (as well as specially selected loads). I can't cover every cartridge in a book this size, nor can I cover every sixgun, semiauto, single shot and levergun. What you'll find here are those cartridges and guns I pretty much favor.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1 SIXGUNS AND THEIR CARTRIDGES THE CARTRIDGES
Chapter 1: The .45 Colt
Chapter 2: The .45 S&W Schofield
Chapter 3: The .45 Auto Rim
Chapter 4: The .454 Casull
Chapter 5: The .45-70 & .460 S&W THE SIXGUNS
Chapter 6: The Colt Single Action Army
Chapter 7: The Colt Model 1878 & New Service
Chapter 8: The Great Western Frontier Model
Chapter 9: The Post-War Colt Single Action Army
Chapter 10: The Colt New Frontier
Chapter 11: The .45 Colt Anaconda
Chapter 12: The .45 Smith & Wesson Schofield
Chapter 13: The S&W .45 Hand Ejectors
Chapter 14: The Smith & Wesson Model 625
Chapter 15: The Smith & Wesson Model 460XVR
Chapter 16: Ruger .45 Blackhawk & Bisley
Chapter 17: Ruger Redhawk .45 & Super Redhawk .454
Chapter 18: Ruger .45 Vaqueros
Chapter 19: Ruger Old Army .45
Chapter 20: USFA .45 Single Actions
Chapter 21: Freedom Arms .454 Casull Model 83
Chapter 22: Freedom Arms Model 97
Chapter 23: Texas Longhorn Arms Improved No. 5
Chapter 24: The Dan Wesson M45
Chapter 25: The Taurus .45s
Chapter 26: A Gallery of Great .45 Sixguns
Chapter 27: A Gallery of Sixgun Stocks & Handgun Hide
Chapter 28: Managing the Single-Action Sixgun
Chapter 29: Mastering the Double-Action .45 Sixgun THE REPLICA SIXGUNS
Chapter 30: The .45 Sixguns of Cimarron
Chapter 31: Hartford Remingtons & STI Texicans
Chapter 32: Cartridge Conversions

Part 2 SEMIAUTO PISTOLS AND THEIR CARTRIDGES THE CARTRIDGES
Chapter 33: The .45 ACP
Chapter 34: The .45 Winchester Magnum
Chapter 35: The .460 Rowland
Chapter 36: The .45 GAP THE SEMIAUTOMATICS
Chapter 37: The Colt Government Model
Chapter 38: Wilson Combat .45s
Chapter 39: Return of the Remington 1911
Chapter 40: USFA Government Models
Chapter 41: Para-USA .45s
Chapter 42: Smith & Wesson's .45 Semiautos
Chapter 43: Ruger's .45 Semiautos
Chapter 44: Dan Wesson 1911s
Chapter 45: Taurus .45 Semiautos
Chapter 46: The Glock .45
Chapter 47: Kimber's .45 1911s
Chapter 48: Springfield Armory's .45 Semiautos
Chapter 49: Foreign .45s
Chapter 50: A Gallery of Government Models
Chapter 51: A Gallery of Handles & Hide for 1911s

PART 3 LONG GUNS AND THEIR CARTRIDGES
Chapter 52: The .45-70 Then and Now
Chapter 53: The .45 Single Shots
Chapter 54: .45 Colt Leverguns
Chapter 55: The Marlin Model 1895
Chapter 56: Winchester's Model 1876 .45-75
Chapter 57: The .45-70 Winchester Model 1886
Chapter 58: The Winchester .45 Colt Model 1894
Chapter 59: Replica .45 Colt Leverguns
Chapter 60: Remembering Jeff Cooper