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Here is a good page on how to field strip and clean the colt 1911 pistol. http://www.bobtuley.com/45/magazine1.htm
go to: Forum.m1911.org they show you how to strip a 45...........................
Colt has never made a 45/410 pistol
Actually, the cartridges are .45 ACP (automatic Colt Pistol) and .45 Colt (the cowboy era revolver cartridge. There is not really a Colt 45 Long. Can a revolver shoot both? Some can- they are chambered for the Colt .45 -but to shoot .45 ACP they need a "half moon clip"- a strip of metal that holds 3 of the shorter .45 ACP cartridges. 2 of those fill a 6 shot revolver. The PISTOL (not revolver) that shoots the .45 ACP cannot shoot the .45 Colt- no groove for the extractor to pull a fired cartridge out of the chamber, and it is too long.
Best to ask a gunsmith for assistance.
'ACP' means Automatic Colt Pistol. A 1911, for example, would chamber a .45 ACP cartridge.
Automatic Colt Pistol
Automatic Colt Pistol. Colt invented the .45 Auto and thus had the right to name it.
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.45 ACP means Automatic Colt Pistol. It IS .45 Auto.