actually most of the clubs I have been around don't do a great deal with the blackpowder end which is sad considering how much cheaper it is to get into a black powder revolver. I love my 45 colt rifle/pistol combination, but if you want to save alot of money on ammo try the 38/357 combo. I often have wished I had gone thataway.
You cannot go wrong with the Ruger 45 colt pistols, nor the marlin 45 colt rifles. Both will take anything from heavy hunting loads to light plinkers. Beware the knockoff cowboy guns out there lest you forget and throw a heavy hunting load in one and detonate metal. That is one of the reasons I now favor the 38/357 models. Even in a knockoff if it says it will take 357 mag then it will take 357 mag and should you drop in a mag shell by mistake during a plinking practice you won't loose anything but a little powder and lead. If you do it during a shoot be prepared to be booted from the shoot and forever have nasty looks cast your way when you approach the firing line afterwards.
Anyway it is up to you. I think the 45 LC is on of the worlds premier pistol hunting rounds and it is a great deal of fun to shoot. But if you are going to shoot it be prepared to spend alot of time reloading, or alot of money on ammo either one. And believe me you are going to have that shoot creep up on you sooner or later that you forgot to load for, and you are going to have to buy a few hundred rounds of off the shelf cowboy loads, and you are going to curse the pricetag.
Welcome to the addiction by the way.
GoodOlBoy
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