Watched a 1950's western last night called "Colt .45" starring Randolph Scott. Well, I watched PART of it; after the first half hour I had all I could stand and shut it down...
The premise was Scott was a salesman for Colt and was demo'ing a pair of "Colt .45's"...which were actually Dragoons, that were stolen by a vicious desperado. And our hero (Scott) had a second cased set that he straps on and goes after the thief with...also Dragoons. Now, we all know the typical Dragoon shot a .454 roundball...which makes it a .45 bore, but back in they day they were referred to as ".44 caliber" and the .45 designation didn't come around until the advent of cartridge ammunition. So, the movie was a proliferation of stupidity in that aspect. I continues with the dopey-ness by having the other outlaws all carrying a plethora of sidearms, most which appear to be revolvers...in what would have had to have been 1848? So, who made these revolvers and why did they look like 1873 Colts and Remingtons? The thief is amazed as he decides to steal the Dragoons..."six shots without reloading!" he muses...Duh. What about the Paterson and the Walker, you moron? Were you hiding under a rock since 1837? It was too much stupidity, too fast. I couldn't stand it any more so I turned it off.