Need a favor from a 45 lever gun owner

[charleym3]

I've been thinking for a while about a project gun. What I'd like to have done is to have the extractor modified on .45 colt lever rifle, 92 clone or a Marlin, so that it would fire .45AR shells. I have a local gunsmith that will do the work, but he has concerns about running such a short cartridge through the action.
I've found that the factory loading of .45 schofield is only a tad longer than the standard loading of .45 AR. I can seat the bullet a little farther out to get the same OAL.

So here is the question is: Will .45 Schofield ammo run correctly in a .45 Colt rifle?

The favor I need is for someone who owns one or both of the rifles in question to try running some factory length .45 Schofield ammo through their .45 Colt rifle.

I realize that the accuracy will be sub-standard, I just need to know if it works.

Thanks.

 

[cosmonick]

I have a lever-action in 454 in which I regularly run 45LC. It works good not great. The gun fires fine with 45LC, it just doesn't feed perfectly.

I know this isn't the same as going from LC to Schofield, but I thought it might help.

 

[Tom C.]

I have a .45 Marlin. I use Colt cases. The Schofield case has a larger rim diameter, same rim thickness. I think they feed ok in many or most guns. The Auto Rim has a .090" rim thickness, compared to roughly .060 for Colt etc. That would cause problems by itself. Couldn't go back to the Colt case after the conversion.