Ruger Reloading Question

[Spiffy]

I have a set of old style/ big frame Ruger Vaqueros in 45 LC.  The way I understand it is that these are made on the blackhawk frames. If this is true can you use the ruger only (hotter loads) data in the reloading books?

[roverboy]

Should work just fine. Most Rugers are mighty strong.

[xsubsailor]

 It's my understanding that the old models were made on the same frame as the 44 mag super blackhawk so you should be good to go.

Edited April 17, 2016 by xsubsailor

[Spiffy]

That's what I understood too so I just wanted to make sure before I got too far along into this.  I have a Winchester 92 or 94 can't remember right now off hand and I wanted to fix me some good loads I could use in all 3 guns. All I got right now is a couple boxes of Cowboy Action loads.

[xsubsailor]

8.5 grains of Unique and a 250 grain lead bullet is a good starting point.

[Jct1911]

Ruger only data, go heavy or go home :)
I like 255's around 950fps for all around load. I do load 290's up to about 1100fps(this load is no joke). Here's a great bit of load data with loads in all ranges.

http://www.riflemagazine.com/magazine/PDF/HL%20246partial.pdf

[Spiffy]

I just saw that H-110 is the same as Win 296.........so I got 8 lbs of powder for this envendor.

[et45]

The original Vaquero is good to go with Ruger only loads.The New Vaquero (thats the actual model name) has the smaller frame and is not suited for the stiff loads it was made to appease the CAS shooters who wanted a grip that felt like a Colt.Irregardless of the fact that there are a number of Colt copies on the market.

[xsubsailor]

I just saw that H-110 is the same as Win 296.........so I got 8 lbs of powder for this envendor.

Close enough for government work  :D