Hello, new poster here.
Several years ago, I inherited my great grandfather's Colt single action .45 revolver. I was given two cylinders along with it; one for .45 LC and one for .45 ACP. I've kept the ACP cylinder in it, as the ammunition is easier to find and cheaper to buy.
In the ten years or so that I've had the revolver, I've fired close to 300 rounds of ACP thru it with no issues at all. Today, I was at Academy and they (finally) had some .45 ACP in stock. It was Monarch brand steel case, which I've found out is only sold by academy. Upon arriving home, I attempted to load my revolver and ran into a problem. The rounds won't seat into the cylinder completely, and stick out just far enough to keep the cylinder from rotating.
I know that it's an old gun, but I've never had this happen before. I've used ACP rounds from Winchester, Remington, Federal and Hornandy, and never had any problems. Those were all brass case, but I'm not sure if it would make a difference.
I'm a little irritated, as I'm now sitting on 100 rounds of .45 ACP that I can't fire. I'm likely going to hang on to them, but if I'd known in advance, I wouldn't have spent the money.
Has anyone had any similar issues? Any advice or explanation?
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Several years ago, I inherited my great grandfather's Colt single action .45 revolver. I was given two cylinders along with it; one for .45 LC and one for .45 ACP. I've kept the ACP cylinder in it, as the ammunition is easier to find and cheaper to buy.
In the ten years or so that I've had the revolver, I've fired close to 300 rounds of ACP thru it with no issues at all. Today, I was at Academy and they (finally) had some .45 ACP in stock. It was Monarch brand steel case, which I've found out is only sold by academy. Upon arriving home, I attempted to load my revolver and ran into a problem. The rounds won't seat into the cylinder completely, and stick out just far enough to keep the cylinder from rotating.
I know that it's an old gun, but I've never had this happen before. I've used ACP rounds from Winchester, Remington, Federal and Hornandy, and never had any problems. Those were all brass case, but I'm not sure if it would make a difference.
I'm a little irritated, as I'm now sitting on 100 rounds of .45 ACP that I can't fire. I'm likely going to hang on to them, but if I'd known in advance, I wouldn't have spent the money.
Has anyone had any similar issues? Any advice or explanation?
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