Strongest action 45LC in a levergun

[jackmoser65]

The 1892 is the strongest, Rossi or Winchester. The Winchester is going to be a higher quality rifle, from one end to the other but the Rossi's are good guns for their modest price.

All things considered, it makes sense to forget the 454 and go with a dedicated .45 Colt levergun.

One thing to consider is the .454's faster twist rate. It would be important if you wanted to shoot bullets much over 300gr.

Seems I read that the M94 action was a bit stronger than the M92.

And I suspect the Marlin 1894 is about at the same level as the M92, but have no real proof.

The 92 is supposed to be the stronger but I suspect the difference wouldn't be enough to brag about.

All wrong. The 92 is by far the strongest, by 10,000psi.

http://www.leverguns.com/articles/paco/45coltlevergun.htm