# For .45 ACP Fans **URL:** \ **Category:** Guns\ **Created:** [May 31, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421 "2026-05-31T21:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KURT17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@KURT17](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/KURT17)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421/1 "2026-05-31T21:02:14Z")
When I researched its history, I found two competitors for what became our 1911 COLT - the SAVAGE .45, and the LUGER .45. If you access SHOOTING TIMES archives, you’ll find an article on the SAVAGE, a truly innovative design - later models were downsized for .32 and .380, intended for the growing market for “pocket pistols” back then. Two beefed-up LUGER P-08s were also made for the military trials, but not accepted - one was “lost”, and the other now resides in the Colt Museum, I bekieve, valued at a million $. There’s an outfit - LUGERMAN - who makes modern replicas of the P-08, and its .45 version - priced at a mere $6,000-plus-change! ---
**Author:** ![Will\_B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/will_b/32/102791_2.png) [@Will\_B](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Will_B)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421/2 "2026-05-31T22:34:12Z")
P-08 in .45 sounds fun! I have a 1935 Mauser P-08 9mm all numbers matching. ![Resized_20220812_090412](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/dd_dev/original/3X/e/8/e8b4b4415dcc73cea878dadaa72c87c68b42be9d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![xTaurus1776](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/xtaurus1776/32/178486_2.png) [@xTaurus1776](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/xTaurus1776)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421/3 "2026-05-31T22:49:50Z")
gorgeous ---
**Author:** ![Todd30](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/todd30/32/40525_2.png) [@Todd30](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Todd30)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421/4 "2026-06-01T02:49:31Z")
I have a Thompson Pit Bull .45 ACP They do not make them anymore. I cannot even find parts/ ---
**Author:** ![Mike164](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/mike164/32/52494_2.png) [@Mike164](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Mike164)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421/5 "2026-06-01T03:11:55Z")
Love that model, reminds me of what one would expect an SS Officer to be carrying. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/will_b/32/102791_2.png) [@Will\_B](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Will_B)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421/6 "2026-06-01T03:42:52Z")
Both this and my 1943 Walther P-38 have all the appropriate Nazi markings 😬 I do not approve of their mindset, behavior, and actions,… but they did make some cool guns! ![IMG_2970](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/dd_dev/original/3X/6/9/69d26d5e4d07e28460bc1fc820fc5dc59ae67809.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Will\_B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.usconcealedcarry.com/will_b/32/102791_2.png) [@Will\_B](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Will_B)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421/7 "2026-06-01T04:00:00Z")
Speaking of cool guns… my local Cabellas had a broom handle in their gun library! Never thought I’d see one IRL! It wasn’t a German manufacture unit, and it was way over priced for its condition… but it was there! 😁😁😁 And they had a double rifle in .460 nitro express… Like I need ANOTHER elephant gun! 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Leroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Leroy](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/u/Leroy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.usconcealedcarry.com/t/for-45-acp-fans/129421/8 "2026-06-02T17:40:30Z")
Thompson? the 45acp "pitbull " I’ve seen and shot, a friends, is made by Charter arms. it is a good 45acp revolver IMHO. i like it and might start looking for one for me.