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In my younger years I routinely loaded an Italian replica .44 ,and not a very good quality one at that, with all the powder I could compress and still seat the ball. My 'mentor' had told me you couldn't overload a percussion revolver so I just used the spout for a .45 cal. rifle charge I had on my powder horn. I don't know how many grains it might have been. He said what didn't burn in the chamber and barrel would just burn at the muzzle. I wouldn't do that today. Or tomorrow. I doubt I'd ever load 45 grains now, but I think the guns should handle it o.k.
Steve
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