My New NM Vaquero .45 Colt

[Hylander]

Got my Vaquero Sunday :mrgreen:
First the good:
Everything is a tight fit, less than .005 BC gap, tight lock up.
No Barrel Constriction.
Throats are .451 so shoots .451 pretty accurately with little leading.
The bad:
Throats are .451 so I will be having them opened up to .452
Shoots .452 with accuracy not so good. I'm pretty sure I had more felt recoil then with .451 , load was the same
except for bullet sizing.
The forcing cone could use an 11 degree cut, will most likely do this myself as I do not want to ship out my gun.

 

[Hondo44]

Since you only need to take out .001" from the chamber throats, just hone them yourself. Why pay someone?

 

[LAH]

Love the looks of a 5 1/2" barrel.

 

[greenmtnguy]

I'd hold off on forcing cone changes until after you've had some time with a properly throated cylinder - you may find considerably improvements with bullets that don't go into the barrel undersized.