I've had trouble with blowback around the case, and sooty cases with factory equivilant loads in 45 Colt, (8.5 grs Unique w/ 250 gr lead bullet) and 22 grs 2400 w/ 225 gr jacketed bullets. Hard brass and sloppy chambers seem to more the issue. This is one reason my 45 Colt rifle isn't on my "fun to shoot" list. If it wasnt so pretty, it would have been traded off. If you change your mind, and happen upon a Miroku 92 in 44 mag cal, I'd swap barrels in a heartbeat.
Sorry we havent been able to come up with a suitable suggestion for you.
I have to admit to being baffled about your prefering a 45 Colt rifle, but everyone has their favorites, and you haven't apparently had the blowback problems I have. A pre-64 94 in 30 WCF cal is about perfect for a light rifle for me, but I live in more open country. The whole pistol caliber rifle idea is lost on me.
Good luck in your quest.
I'm tired of my modern levers
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Re: I'm tired of my modern levers
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Re: I'm tired of my modern levers
Malamute,
Maybe I've been lucky. I've had 5 lever guns chambered in .45 Colt. Three Marlins, a Rossi 92 thing and my Win 94AE Trapper.
The only one I've had trouble with blow back on was my Rossi. And that was with very low pressure ammo loaded by someone else. I don't normally shoot other folks reloads but did that time. I'm not sure the bullets even made minor on the scale.
Anywho, with normal loads, any and all brass, ancient, old, or new, using standard loads I just don't have any trouble with it. Both my current Marlin 1894 Cowboy and my Win 94AE have generous chambers to say the least.
Don't worry about not finding a suggestion, there is lots of comments made in this thread that are very interesting. And for what it's worth I rarely shoot +P type loads, so I could get along fine with an 1873. That would be classy.
Why is my like for the .45 Colt in a rifle so baffling? The .45 Colt is my favorite cartridge hands down. It was my first center fire handgun cartridge and will still do everything I want done with a hand gun or short light easy to carry rifle.
And even though this isn't the old west, having matching revolvers and rifles still makes sense to me.
We do agree on the Pre-64 94 in 30WCF. No argument there and I have one. A nice 1950 vintage one to be exact.
(Sorry about the crappy pic, couldn't get my light right.)
But I just don't enjoy shooting them near as much as I do my pistol caliber lever guns. It's not where I live, I felt this way when I lived in AZ.
Joe
Maybe I've been lucky. I've had 5 lever guns chambered in .45 Colt. Three Marlins, a Rossi 92 thing and my Win 94AE Trapper.
The only one I've had trouble with blow back on was my Rossi. And that was with very low pressure ammo loaded by someone else. I don't normally shoot other folks reloads but did that time. I'm not sure the bullets even made minor on the scale.
Anywho, with normal loads, any and all brass, ancient, old, or new, using standard loads I just don't have any trouble with it. Both my current Marlin 1894 Cowboy and my Win 94AE have generous chambers to say the least.
Don't worry about not finding a suggestion, there is lots of comments made in this thread that are very interesting. And for what it's worth I rarely shoot +P type loads, so I could get along fine with an 1873. That would be classy.
Why is my like for the .45 Colt in a rifle so baffling? The .45 Colt is my favorite cartridge hands down. It was my first center fire handgun cartridge and will still do everything I want done with a hand gun or short light easy to carry rifle.
And even though this isn't the old west, having matching revolvers and rifles still makes sense to me.
We do agree on the Pre-64 94 in 30WCF. No argument there and I have one. A nice 1950 vintage one to be exact.
(Sorry about the crappy pic, couldn't get my light right.)
But I just don't enjoy shooting them near as much as I do my pistol caliber lever guns. It's not where I live, I felt this way when I lived in AZ.
Joe
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