RE: 45 Colt loads
Before you go off loading for that Vaquero, which on is it, the old model or the new??? It makes a difference and people should have asked you this before giving out those loads. The old model is built comparable to the Blackhawk model and the New Vaquero is built comparable to Colt and Colt clones. The new vaquero was not made to shoot the heavy loads the old model.
Makesure you know which model you have first before shooting the wrong load in thewrong gun!