Just picked up a new Charter Arms snubby in .45 Colt on impulse. I was surprised to see that there was a card included that said “this firearm is +P rated”. Does anyone have any insight on what kind of pressures these things can reliably tolerate? They’re not exactly built......with superb quality....but they are a big block of stainless.
I don’t shoot store bought .45 Colt, I only handload for it. I’m just curious how warm I can load without ruining the timing on this little guy. I’m absolutely not about to try and drop some of my 30,000 psi .44 mag equivalents in there, but most of my target loads are in the 20,000 psi range. It would be nice if I could get some 250 grain hard casts out of there around 1000 fps. IIRC that’s about the top end of standard manual loading before dipping into the Ruger only stuff.
Not much info out there on them, at least not in .45 colt. The same frame and cylinder is offered in .45 ACP too, which runs more pressure than standard Colt. And they claim that one to be “+P rated” too.