The plain bbl does look a lot cleaner. Nice thing about the weighted one for a reloader is you can tweak bbl weight to correspond to different loads. If I run into a good price on one it'll be hard to say no. Their performance center pieces are great bang for buck.
You ought to think about reloading if you're looking at .45 Colt. I can reload for my Vaquero for about 6 dollars a box of 50.

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