Data on 45 Colt in rifles

[colt_saa]

I had this reproduction Colt Lightning (made by Taurus?) until my brother saw it and had to have it. Caliber was .45 Colt. It was a lot of fun, and worked great.

I just used the same cast lead round nose/flat point hand loaded ammo that I used in my Cimarron Uberti SAA revolver. 200 grain bullet with Unique powder.

If I had it to do over again, I would have kept the rifle. Oh well...

Taurus Thunderbolt Mine are also 45 Long Colt. I should have bought one in 357 Magnum as well. Great rifles but mine needed some break-in time for it to smooth out. Lots of them still on the auction sites

I have a blue one sitting unfired in the box and I have a stainless one that I threaded for a suppressor.

I run 400 grain hard cast, polymer coated projectiles at just subsonic speeds. Very quiet gun that can be easily fired from the prone position. One day I need to take some of the 45LC Long Guns to the farm and chronograph them

I have a spare stainless barrel on hand should the next owner ever want to replace the threaded barrel

As to the strength of a Modern Lever Action chambered for 45 Long Colt? I never really thought about it as I do not load to Magnum power levels. If I need more power I can grab my 45-70 Lever gun

I would have no problems taking hogs with a 400 grain 45 Long Colt projectile at subsonic speeds

 

[muddocktor]

Modern Winchester '94s and '92s are chambered for 357 and 44 Mag so it can handle those pressures.

And the Rossi 92 was also offered in 454 Casull too, which means their clone design should easily hold up under 30K 45 Colt Blackhawk load data. The 1892 action design is very robust and stout, especially with modern steels.

 

[boatbum101]

You won't run into pressure problems with either 1892 or 1894 actions assuming good mechanical condition & sane loads . Biggest thing I've found in straight walled cartridges in a lever is OAL . Loads that'll chamber in a Blackhawk are too long to feed & some bullets too fat to chamber also . I stated I wouldn't attempt to make it a 45 Mag either . Weak link is the case , even Waters found that with hot loads the extractor groove in the casehead would start to shrink . He actually took a file to the cases so they'd fit the shellholder so he could load them again . Now we got Starline brass so maybe that aint a problem no more .