ARE THE 45 ACP AND 45 AUTO THE SAME?

[ricknadine1111]

I bought 2 boxes of 45 auto hollowpoints at wallmart not knowing they sell the 45acp. My question is will I have problems shooting the 45 auto through my xd-45 acp pistol?

[bohoki]

yes 45 auto and 45 acp are the same

some companies do not like using firearms brand names in the cartridge designation like glock their 21 is marked ".45 auto"

of course .223 remington and .308 winchester seem to be pretty much locked as a name

9mm luger is also a gun brand

[Equalizer2]

A little history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.45_ACP

[diginit]

ACP means Automatic Centerfire Pistol.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

ACP means Automatic Centerfire Pistol.

The "C" stands for Colt, not Centerfire.

[Splinter]

No, the 45 auto should be sent to me for safe disposal.

[See]

The "C" stands for Colt, not Centerfire.

Colt is correct.

[spencerhut]

Wow. I'm impressed no one ripped on the OP a little. I take back all the bad things I said about you guys.

[bohoki]

Wow. I'm impressed no one ripped on the OP a little. I take back all the bad things I said about you guys.

trust me it was very hard

[ar15barrels]

Wow. I'm impressed no one ripped on the OP a little. I take back all the bad things I said about you guys.

Sorry I was late.
When a question this basic is asked,
there are a bunch of people sitting back and banging their heads against the wall asking
"how could someone be so... ?"
It makes it expecially tempting when the same person is known for his posting of all his high end toys.

It says a lot about this person's knowledge of firearms in general.
He's obviously new to the sport and was not raised in the gun culture.

[Mssr. Eleganté]

Ammo naming protocols are so messed up, with metric number, english numbers, rounded numbers, nickname numbers, military vs. commercial, that the OP's question is really a very smart one.

New shooters have to ask this kind of question some time, and it's smarter to ask before you load the gun than after you load the gun.

Go to any gun forum and ask a question about whether you can shoot .38 S&W out of a .38 Special gun and a .38 Colt New Police gun and you'll get three different answers, two of which are from "experts" who should know better.

[ricknadine1111]

I don't know the answer to that also, I have not read up on it and I don't shoot 38's. But before I ever do I will find out by asking or reading.

[djp7558]

9mm luger is also a gun brand[/QUOTE]

SORRY...BUT:

"Georg Luger's name NEVER APPEARED on the gun!

Dan

[TonyM]

Wow. I'm impressed no one ripped on the OP a little. I take back all the bad things I said about you guys.

I was just wondering about the OOF picture and what it has to do with .45Auto and .45ACP being the same thing. I guess it's this one's turn to be plastered all over the site like that SOCOM was.

[ricknadine1111]

"OUCH"!