45 long colt lever gun

willysgto · Post by **willysgto** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:36 am

Does anyone know when the first 45 long colt lever gun was made and by who. I can't find out.

Don McDowell · Post by **Don McDowell** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:00 am

Believe it was Marlin 1894 model in about 1983, and winchester followed shortly thereafter with the 94 trapper model.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:33 am

willysgto wrote: Does anyone know when the first 45 long colt lever gun was made and by who. I can't find out.

The .45 Colt was introduced in the Winchester Mdl 94AE Trapper in 1985.

I think it was the first to come out in .45 Colt, and the Marlin 1894 soon after. At least that's all I've ever read.

Joe

jtaylor1960 · Post by **jtaylor1960** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:59 pm

I believe these guys are on target.Contrary to popular belief ther were no 45 colt levers until modern times.For whatever reason only revolvers were made in 45 Colt until fairly recently.

Bigahh · Post by **Bigahh** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:05 pm

Joe is right on the money! Paco talks about it a bit in this good read about the .45 Colt http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/ ... vergun.htm

Henry McCann · Post by **Henry McCann** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:02 pm

Bigahh,

Thanks for the link to Paco's article...I really enjoyed it!

45 long colt lever gun

45 long colt lever gun

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