.460 Rowland Reloading
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I had a 460 on a 1911 back in the day as they say but I never could get it it to run good as it never feed good. I do reload but with almost 40+ years behind me I don't think that was the problem. Fast forward to today, I have ordered another 460 this time from Clark, again for a 1911, it has yet to come in. I have all the stuff to start reloading but I've been a little busy so I haven't gotten around to that yet.
As far as recoil goes, the prior pistol had a shove to it with very very little flip up. I like the heck out of it, but just like a rifle if after playing/working on it and I can't fix the hiccup down the road the barrel goes and new one takes it's place.
As far as recoil goes, the prior pistol had a shove to it with very very little flip up. I like the heck out of it, but just like a rifle if after playing/working on it and I can't fix the hiccup down the road the barrel goes and new one takes it's place.
cohunt
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Anyone shoot Hardcast in their 460?
If I was going after black bear or elk/moose I would but I never shot it in my prior 460.
Many years I have been on an off on getting a 460.
It seems I don't spend enough time with what I already have..... to add more would distract me further.
** You may want to look at Berry's copper clad for a plinking round. For me hard cast seems to fade groups. [leads a bit] past 1000fps.
It seems I don't spend enough time with what I already have..... to add more would distract me further.
** You may want to look at Berry's copper clad for a plinking round. For me hard cast seems to fade groups. [leads a bit] past 1000fps.
stirner
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I put my 460 on a Kimber Aegis Elite. It came with a Trijicon 6" dot, and co-witnessed iron sights. The iron sights help a lot in finding the dot. If I were to buy a new pistol for a 460, I would definitely get one with co-witnessed sights. My Springfield TRP has them, and I'm sure there are many others. I got my doe in Sept last year, and kept hunting to keep my wife company. Later in the season, the Trijicon froze up on me, and locked on a fairly high setting. I wound up turning it off a litle before sunset. I didn't recover the bullet from the doe, as she was coming straight onto me, and it went thru to the stomach, and I wasn't going in there to find it. It's a 250 gr Speer deep curl, sized at .452". I had previously shot it into thick walled jugs of water. It penetrated 14", and came out looking like a 1.4" starfish, still weighing 250 grains.
The load I"m using for hunting is 9.5 gr Longshot, with a coal of 1.22". This gave me a 1.51" group at 25 yds, at 1177 fps, and a SD of 9.6 for a 5 shot group. Other loads that performed well with the Speer bullet were 9.3 gr Longshot, 9.5 gr CFE, and 11.0 gr of Blue Dot. All over 1125 fps. I also had good groups with 11.4 gr Blue Dot pushing a 250 gr Missouri Bullets hard lead. A 3 shot group was 0.59" at 1188 fps. I had trouble deciding which bullet to use for hunting, and I might have to switch to the Missouri bullet this year, if Speer doesn't get their head and butt wired together and start producing some bullets.
The load I"m using for hunting is 9.5 gr Longshot, with a coal of 1.22". This gave me a 1.51" group at 25 yds, at 1177 fps, and a SD of 9.6 for a 5 shot group. Other loads that performed well with the Speer bullet were 9.3 gr Longshot, 9.5 gr CFE, and 11.0 gr of Blue Dot. All over 1125 fps. I also had good groups with 11.4 gr Blue Dot pushing a 250 gr Missouri Bullets hard lead. A 3 shot group was 0.59" at 1188 fps. I had trouble deciding which bullet to use for hunting, and I might have to switch to the Missouri bullet this year, if Speer doesn't get their head and butt wired together and start producing some bullets.
