Any experince with a Taylor tuned 1873 rifle in 45colt?

[COREY]

I bought my daughter a Taylor tuned 1873 short rifle in 357 a few years ago for CAS. It is some slick compared to any other off the shelf 1873 I have seen. To he honest, I am a bit jealous.

I bought myself a Uberti 1873 competition in 45 Colt a while ago. Nice gun, but not as smooth as hers. I have been mulling over the idea of finally breaking down and getting a Taylor tuned 1873 in 45 Colt (my revolvers are in 45 already). What I wanted to know is has anyone tried one in 45 Colt with Winchester ammo or primers? I am curious as I had a Ruger Bisley with a lightened hammer spring in both 357 and 45 Colt. 357 version worked fine with Win primers, but the 45 did not. My daughter's 1873 works fine with Win primers, but wanted to see if anyone had tried one in 45 just to be safe. I have a pile of Win primers and Fed primers are hard to find, and a new Taylor tuned rifle ain't cheap.

 

[fingers284]

One thing you need to know before spending a lot of cash on a main match speed rifle...what level of speed do you want...there is a direct correlation between "smoothness" and the primers one rifle will fire and another one won't.
Every Uberti rifle shipped to America to be used in Cowboying will benefit from some level of modifications, none of them come out of the box 'competition ready"...they can be used "as is" by a shooter that "just wants to shoot the old ones" for fun but any competitor that wants to be "in the money" will require a work-over.
A work-over that the Op requires might run from a few dollars for a couple replacement springs to a bit more involved mechanical change up to a full blown speed rifle job that will run hundreds of dollars and he will only be able to use Federal primers.
You can do the spring change thing from what your daughters gun appears to be that will fire primers other than Federal to a smoothness extreme that will only fire Federal but wont have the mechanical changes to allow different length ammo and shorten the lever throw....it will be your choice as to what level of expense you wish to go to. Making a race rifle can be done in increments to spread out the cost as well...it all doesn't have to be done at the same time.
I would recomend a "4 spring" change to be a minimal starting point, a lighter main spring to ease hammer stroke to a manageable level, the trigger safety return spring just so it requires a slight pull to engage, not the super grip pull that they come from the factory with. and the "action springs that snap the lever bar & elevator bar...these are so severe from the factory that they will prematurely wear your rifle parts out ...compulsory to change these. You can do all of the above with a small hammer & very small punch to remove trigger lock spring and a screw driver set for everything else...easy peasy.