Taurus Deputy 45 Colt 4.75in 6-Shot — Superb Single Action

Description

The Taurus Deputy 45 Colt is a six-shot single-action revolver on the old Colt pattern, with a 4.75-inch barrel, a loading gate on the right side, an ejector rod housing under the barrel and a deep polished black finish over steel.

.45 Colt and a 4.75-inch single action is the combination the whole category is built around — it is what the original pattern was chambered and barrelled for, and everything since has been a variation on it. The Taurus Deputy 45 Colt is about as honest a version of that as you can buy new, with one modern addition that matters.

How it works, and what is modern about it

• The Taurus Deputy 45 Colt has six chambers, loaded one at a time through a gate on the right side of the frame.
• A 4.75-inch polished black steel barrel with the ejector rod housing running beneath it — you push each fired case out by hand.
• Fixed sights: a groove down the top strap and a blade at the muzzle, exactly as the pattern has always had.
• A transfer bar between hammer and firing pin. That is the modern part, and it is why the Taurus Deputy 45 Colt can safely carry six rather than the traditional five on an empty chamber.
• Black chequered polymer grip panels with a medallion, on a full-size single-action grip frame.

Honest notes on .45 Colt in a single action

• Standard-pressure .45 Colt is a genuinely pleasant cartridge — a big, slow bullet at moderate speed, with a push rather than a snap.
• Do not feed it heavy “Ruger only” or +P .45 Colt. That ammunition is loaded far above the standard pressure this revolver is built for; read the box before you buy.
• Reloading is slow and deliberate. One chamber at a time, through the gate, with the ejector rod — that is the appeal, not a flaw.
• Fixed sights mean you shoot the load the gun was regulated for or you learn its hold. There is nothing to adjust.
• The polished black finish is handsome and it is not stainless. Wipe the Taurus Deputy 45 Colt down and oil it, or it will spot.

Specifications

• Manufacturer part number: 2-D4541
• UPC: 725327631552
• Calibre: .45 Colt
• Capacity: 6 rounds
• Barrel: 4.75 in, polished black steel
• Frame: small, steel, polished black
• Cylinder: polished black steel
• Action: single action, loading gate
• Sights: fixed
• Safety: transfer bar
• Grip: black chequered polymer

.45 Colt is standardised by SAAMI at a modest pressure that has not changed much since the cartridge was introduced, which is why cowboy-action loads and modern factory ammunition both work in a revolver like this one — and why the heavy loads sold for large-frame Ruger single actions and Thompson Center barrels do not. The case is the same in all of them; the pressure is not.

The .357 Magnum versions of the Deputy are stocked with a 4.75-inch barrel and a 5.5-inch barrel. If you want .45 Colt in a double action, the Judge chambers it alongside .410, and the Raging Hunter in .454 Casull takes it too.

Why the Taurus Deputy 45 Colt earns its place

• The Taurus Deputy 45 Colt is a proper single action in the cartridge and barrel length the pattern was designed around.
• A transfer bar, so all six chambers are usable rather than five.
• A deep polished finish that looks like a revolver ought to look.
• Standard-pressure .45 Colt is mild, cheap enough to shoot regularly and widely stocked.
• Nothing to adjust, nothing to zero, nothing to break.

This is a plinker, a ranch and trail gun, a cowboy-action starter and a handsome thing to own. It suits anyone who enjoys deliberate shooting over volume, and it is a genuinely good teaching revolver because the single-action cycle forces attention onto every shot. The Taurus Deputy 45 Colt is not a defensive handgun and not a fast one — if that is the requirement, buy a double action.

In stock now at MAG5 Firearms in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Handgun sales ship to a licensed dealer in your state, where you will complete a Form 4473 and the background check before taking delivery.