Colt 45 Magnum Revolver- "The Girl Who Played With Fire"

[rfo1]

I'm currently reading the Swedish thriller "The Girl Who Played With Fire." The murder weapon used was referred to as a Colt 45 Magnum revolver. I'm a little confused here, did Colt make such a gun? If so what model are we talking about here?
rfo1

[twaits]

There is no such animal

[rfo1]

You would have thought the author would have done his research a little bit better--

[DFrame]

Laughed about that one too. Reading the next book now. Call it "literary license". I've seen it almost as many times in books as I have in movies

[B.C.]

Great stories...I will not ruin them for you...but the girl kicks butt!!

[Kid Sopris]

A Belted Magnum Handgun Cartridge in 45 Colt with a 300 Grain Solid ? Just thinking out loud...

[Shack]

Let's see, you have Colts and then you have 45s and then you have magnums. So that's an easy conclusion to draw, that they must all be there together...

Something tells me he's never heard of the 45 Win Mag, or there might be a grain of truth to it. Wrong gun however.

[JudgeColt]

There is the .454 Casull, which is based on the .45 Colt, and the .45 Winchester Magnum, both clearly .45 Magnums."

[kenhwind]

Yea and Mike Hammer carried his .45 on half cock with the safety on. And Mickey Spillane knew better. But at least he described the pistol properly as a 1914 vintage Government Model.

[alienbogey]

That's the sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. In TGWTDT the heroine, late in the book during the showdown with the bad guy, picked up a Glock and flicked off the safety.

Stieg Larsson's research track record isn't very good, but he's making a buttload of money off his books and the movies so he likely doesn't care.