The number one concern when in a battle is achieving adequate cover. Usually it results in a prone position. This is the single biggest flaw using a lever gun. Try rapid levering when on your belly and elbows. You must angle the gun and lose your sight picture. Very slow!

Some years ago, one of the gun writers doing high end 45 Colt loadings had RCBS make a custom steel die for him. RCBS has since made it standard. This was done to provide more case neck tension and to keep the base a bit larger for a better chamber fit.

I suspect that the .006" difference between the chamber and the case at the base is the root of the 45 Colt weak case myth, along with the old balloon type cases. I wonder why the chamber and case dimensions would be so loose other than to provide easier chambering and extraction (glock chamber...

The 45 Colt is interesting in that it is a TAPERED case. Carbide dies cannot size tapered but only straight. The difference between the mouth size and the base is approx. .004" but it make a difference. RCBS produces a "steel", non-carbide sizing die for the 45 Colt that solves the lo...