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Col. LaGarde noted Caspi's wounds were fairly well-placed: three bullets entered the chest, perforating the lungs. One passed through the body, one lodged near the back and the other lodged in subcutaneous tissue. The fourth round went through the right hand and exited through the forearm.<ref>James, Garry. ''Colt New Army & Navy Revolver''<!--publisher, place, & year?--></ref>
As an emergency response to the round's unexpectedly dismal performance, the U.S. Army authorized officers to carry M1873 [[Colt Single Action Army]] revolvers, chambered in [[.45 Colt]], and issued from reserve stocks. Army Ordnance also purchased a number of M1902 revolvers (the M1902 was
The .38 Long Colt remained the Army's primary revolver cartridge until 1909, when the .45 M1909 cartridge{{efn|This was essentially a military variant of the .45 Colt cartridge with a slightly enlarged case rim designed to aid extraction over that of the .45 [[.45 Schofield|M1877 Military Ball Cartridge]] previously issued by the Army.}} was issued along with the .45 [[Colt New Service]] revolver as the new standard military sidearm for the U.S. Army. However, some of the old .38 Long Colt revolvers and ammunition remained in reserve stocks, and when the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the need for sidearms was such that even these low-performing weapons were brought out of storage for usage away from the front lines.
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