Question on M92 in 45LC

FALPhil · Post by **FALPhil** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:20 pm

Are most current makes of the Model 92 strong enough to handle 45 Long Colt loaded to +P pressures?

Yance · Post by **Yance** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:32 pm

Since Rossi chambers their '92 in .454 C I don't think you should have a problem with +P .45 Colt ammo. The last loads I shot in my older Rossi were 330 gr bullets chronoing 1540 FPS. Roughly equivalent to the old .45-70-405 load.

gon2shoot · Post by **gon2shoot** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:52 pm

And then some.

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:48 pm

Shot loads very similar to the ones Yance mentions in mine - they shot very well.

huntnut · Post by **huntnut** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:20 pm

I called Legacy about the Puma 92 45lc and the told me the do not recimend shooting +p loads. And only cowboy loads in the brass frame models, which is what I have.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:16 am

huntnut wrote:I called Legacy about the Puma 92 45lc and the told me the do not recimend shooting +p loads. And only cowboy loads in the brass frame models, which is what I have.

Operative words in bold.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:25 am

With the steel frames you can load them up hot enough to make you wish someone else was shooting it

. The 92 repros are good strong actions and should give you little trouble.

Nate Kiowa Jones · Post by **Nate Kiowa Jones** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:30 am

huntnut wrote:I called Legacy about the Puma 92 45lc and the told me the do not recimend shooting +p loads. And only cowboy loads in the brass frame models, which is what I have.

But they are the folks that market the 454cas guns. Any of the book loads for the Rugers or TC's will not be a problem for any of the steel Puma 92 action.

I would be so bold as to say, you will probably blow a ruger up before you hurt the 92 action. Think of the amount of metal surrounding the two different chambers.

But, Go easy on the brass frames.

Dastook · Post by **Dastook** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:37 am

Paco wrote a great article on this.

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/ ... vergun.htm

Marlin .35 · Post by **Marlin .35** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:55 pm

If you want to shoot +p loads in the Puma 92, get rid of the brass frame!!!!!!!! Of course, this means you can buy a new rifle, or with the trade in, maybe two!!!!!! Art

FALPhil · Post by **FALPhil** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:24 pm

Thanks, guys. I was pretty much set on a steel frame Puma, which I will modify the bolt to get rid of the ridiculous looking safety.

I like this one the best:

3leggedturtle · Post by **3leggedturtle** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:22 am

I shoot a 255FP lead in front of 15.7gr of HS7 out of my 16" 45 Puma they give a stout shove and are nicely accurate to 100 yards. Let shoulder tell you how to load it. Happy shooting

Question on M92 in 45LC

Question on M92 in 45LC

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