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Must have got the wrong idea, Thanks, enough.
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Is the .45 now a thing of the past?
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bdickens
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Its just you.
.455_Hunter
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I guess I missed the collection truck that went around to pick-up all the obsolete .45's and .308's. Bass Pro sure doesn't think those rounds have run their course based on the quantity of such ammo in-stock last Friday at the Denver store.
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gun'sRgood
Gee I sure hope not! I wouldn't know how to break the news to the kids!
Gee I sure hope not! I wouldn't know how to break the news to the kids!
I carry 9mm most of the time, but I wouldn't call .45 'obsolete,' by any stretch of the imagination.
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Col. J. Cooper championed the ‘Yankee Fist’ in .45ACP. It’s just as effective now as it was when he was on this side of the grass with us. Maybe more so as the guns it’s chambered in have really been refined. That’s good enough for me to keep a version of it in the inventory.
Buzznrose
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The .45 is way more “alive” than the .40, and the stories of the .40’s demise are largely overblown.
Without a doubt, purchases of new semiautomatic pistols has certainly favored 9MM lately, but I’d suspect .45 is still strong. .40 has fallen off some, and 10MM is picking up.
But “dead”…not IMO.
Without a doubt, purchases of new semiautomatic pistols has certainly favored 9MM lately, but I’d suspect .45 is still strong. .40 has fallen off some, and 10MM is picking up.
But “dead”…not IMO.
Madcap_Magician
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Is it a thing of the past? Yes. Is that a bad thing? No.
buck460XVR
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Since it's past is over a 100 years old, I don't see the .45 going anywhere. Probably more guns sold in that caliber in the last decade than in the previous 10. Yes, there is more demand for 9mm handguns now, than ever, but most of it comes down to the big increase in folks trying to conceal. It also comes down to cost of the firearm and the ammunition to feed it. I don't see the 9mm going anywhere soon, nor do I see the .45 going anywhere soon. Like the venerable 30-06, there's just too many of them out there for them to go away.
sevt_chevelle
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As a brass rat, I pick up almost the same amount of 45 bras as I do 9, 40 SW on the other hand.
Our police dept. tried the 9mm & changed back to the .45 auto. Many of the officers carry a 9mm as their personal carry. They have a pump shotgun & a m16 in the trunk of every squad car as backup.
At our range we get 9mm the picked up the most followed by .223/5.56 & then .45s. The police try to pick up their own to sell them to buy more equipment but they don't really look hard for every case.
At our range we get 9mm the picked up the most followed by .223/5.56 & then .45s. The police try to pick up their own to sell them to buy more equipment but they don't really look hard for every case.
N555
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I still pickup some 45 at the range.
The market is definitely shifted more to 9mm in the last 20 years.
I think it will always be around. Look at 45colt, should have been made totally 100% obsolete by the 1911 and it's 45acp round.
We still have both.
The market is definitely shifted more to 9mm in the last 20 years.
I think it will always be around. Look at 45colt, should have been made totally 100% obsolete by the 1911 and it's 45acp round.
We still have both.
The 45 ACP and 308 are both declining in popularity. But both have enough interest to stay around for a very long time. The history and nostalgia of both will keep them alive long after other more practical rounds replace them. The cost of gas, food, and everything else is hurting 45 ACP sales. People's budgets are already stretched thin. And that makes it harder to pay double for 45 over 9mm for punching holes in paper at the range.
I do think we've reached a point where 40 S&W and rifle rounds such as 30-06 and 270 are in a rapid free fall. There are very few new guns being made in either of those cartridges. But they were popular enough, and long enough that there are a butt load of guns out there chambered in them. But everyone who wants one already has one, or 3 and the market is flooded with used ones.
I do think we've reached a point where 40 S&W and rifle rounds such as 30-06 and 270 are in a rapid free fall. There are very few new guns being made in either of those cartridges. But they were popular enough, and long enough that there are a butt load of guns out there chambered in them. But everyone who wants one already has one, or 3 and the market is flooded with used ones.
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I dont think its a thing of the past, I just think people have come to understand, its not "the thing" of the past, or Hammer of Todd that we were always told it was.
After about 25 years of carrying it daily, my epiphany with it and other things was back around the turn of the century. I haven't carried one since, and believe Im better served with a higher cap 9mm.
After about 25 years of carrying it daily, my epiphany with it and other things was back around the turn of the century. I haven't carried one since, and believe Im better served with a higher cap 9mm.
Buzznrose
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Agree
Charlie98
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I carry a 9mm because I can conceal it well. If I was carrying a pistol as a service pistol, it would be a .45 if I had my say.
I don't know what to tell you about the .308... sure, it's lost favor from the distance and benchrest guys, but like the .45, it is still very serviceable and in demand. The fact that it's a NATO cartridge (...in 7.62mm...) tells me it will be 'popular' for a long time, yet.
CoalCrackerAl
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They have '' defensive'' ammo and bullets in 45 acp. i feel it has to made advance's. Im also finding more 10mm brass too than before.
earlthegoat2
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If one fully invests into “modern bullets” they are sure to miss out on the old powerhouses that are also improved as much again with modern bullets.
Some folks cite things like 9mm is less expensive to shoot but then drive a low MPG truck as their daily ride.
9mm has definitely gained a bit of popularity, but then again, it was never actually unpopular. I touted the 9mm as an adequate defensive cartridge in the late 90s when all the police departments had moved to 40. It was an unpopular opinion then but still one I stand by.
Then modern bullets happened and the FBI conducted new tests and blammo, the 9mm is on top.
Of course it does fit nicely with the petite handguns it is chambered in and allows for a few more rounds in the magazine with out giving up its svelteness.
I tend to think if guns like this were on the market in the late 90s, 9mm would have never been perceived the way we seem to perceive it was so many years later.
Some folks cite things like 9mm is less expensive to shoot but then drive a low MPG truck as their daily ride.
9mm has definitely gained a bit of popularity, but then again, it was never actually unpopular. I touted the 9mm as an adequate defensive cartridge in the late 90s when all the police departments had moved to 40. It was an unpopular opinion then but still one I stand by.
Then modern bullets happened and the FBI conducted new tests and blammo, the 9mm is on top.
Of course it does fit nicely with the petite handguns it is chambered in and allows for a few more rounds in the magazine with out giving up its svelteness.
I tend to think if guns like this were on the market in the late 90s, 9mm would have never been perceived the way we seem to perceive it was so many years later.
LaneP
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Not only a thing of the past, but present and future as well 
TomJ
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No. I picked up a 4 inch Shield chambered in 45 today as one of my woods guns. I don't look at this as a contest between calibers. There's a place for 45, 9, 10mm, etc.
I'll be interested to know what you think of that one.
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