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Originally Posted by Superman
Thank you Sir.
I know the regular (non-"New") Vaqueros have longer cylinders. There are .45 cartridges that will not physically fit in the cylinder of my New Vaquero. And so...I wonder if i can assume that any store-bought cartridge I can find is 'good to go' in my New Vaquero. Answer that, or just steer me to where I can find reliable data regarding pressures, both for loads and for the New Vaquero.
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Generally you will see for sale
"Cowboy Action" loads which are very low velocity low pressure loads, safe to shoot in anything including my BP revolver if I get a conversion cylinder. Intentionally loaded wimpy for low recoil, etc. and mena for the cowboy-action shooting crowd.
Regular plain old 45LC ammo - this is the "standard pressure" stuff, suitable for any factory chambered 45LC gun in good condition.
The 45LC +P stuff - still "common" or "standard" factory stuff (Remington offered it, unsure of who else) but at the upper ends of pressure levels for the round.
The "specialty" loaders - Buffalo Bore, etc - that offer either heavier-than-standard bullets or higher than standard pressures or both.
But from what I last saw the cheapest you are paying is over $1 per for factory loads. You can reload 'em for 40-50c ea or so, even having to buy components at current prices. And reloading straight wall pistol cases is really easy.
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Regarding Winchester lever guns, I know the 1892 is designed for pistol loads and others are set up for actual rifle loads. But I wonder if the stoutest .45 Colt pistol loads would be 'good enough.' I don't plan to take down elephants at 600 yards but I wonder if an 1892 would summarily dispatch any North American game animal at open sight distances.
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Pistol loads vs. rifle loads you aren't gonna see from the factory, other than the specialized loaders who will load Ruger/Freedom Arms level loads etc. Even then I'm sure a Ruger No 1 in 45 LC (I'm sure they've made one too, I know they've done a 44mag) could handle anything a Ruger Redhawk/Super Redhawk can handle and then some. Everything else is "SAAMI Spec" due to lawyers (these days) and plain common sense (you buy a rifle and pistol in the same caliber in order to share ammo)
Just going from a 4-7" pistol length barrel to a 16" rifle barrel will give you a boost on velocity, even with the wimpy loads -
http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/45colt.html. If the accuracy was there, I wouldn't hesitate to go after a deer or pig out to 50 or 100 yards wtih a 45LC lever gun (if that was all that was available, I've never liked lever guns for some reason and have never had the desire to own or even shoot one). Beyond 100 though and the ballistics start falling like a rock (heh).
I'm not sure of any published pressure info for factory ammo, but the site I use for reloading data lists pressures. Really cool that you can filter by bullet weight (and powder type if you are actually reloading) and they have different areas for round-appropriate loads like rifle vs. pistol and subsonic loads or in the 45LC case Ruger/Contender/Freedom Arms vs. others vs. cowboy action loads -
https://shootersreference.com/reloadingdata/45-colt/