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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Reloading
460 S&W Magnum might have too much velocity. See Picture...
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1759055" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Until the 460 S&W, My most powerful hand gun was a 444 marlin contender and once I used a 240 HP (Pistol bullet)@ 2400 ft/sec in it, and blew the opposite shoulder completely off a deer so at that point I decided to use rifle bullets. Hornady makes XTPs and XTP mags, if you shoot at 454 velocities and especially the 460 velocities you must/should use the XTP Mags for proper performance because the standard pistol bullets will not hold up to the higher velocities.</p><p></p><p>Most pistol bullets have a designed maximum velocity of around 1800 ft/sec so the 454 and the 460, like other high velocity pistols with velocities of 1800 ft/sec plus, need rifle bullets to perform their best. I have found the 250 grain FTX 450 bushmaster bullets to do very well in the 460, and the 300 grain plus bullets for the 454 or rifles also do very well. But make sure that the bullets are .452 dia and not .458.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1759055, member: 2736"] Until the 460 S&W, My most powerful hand gun was a 444 marlin contender and once I used a 240 HP (Pistol bullet)@ 2400 ft/sec in it, and blew the opposite shoulder completely off a deer so at that point I decided to use rifle bullets. Hornady makes XTPs and XTP mags, if you shoot at 454 velocities and especially the 460 velocities you must/should use the XTP Mags for proper performance because the standard pistol bullets will not hold up to the higher velocities. Most pistol bullets have a designed maximum velocity of around 1800 ft/sec so the 454 and the 460, like other high velocity pistols with velocities of 1800 ft/sec plus, need rifle bullets to perform their best. I have found the 250 grain FTX 450 bushmaster bullets to do very well in the 460, and the 300 grain plus bullets for the 454 or rifles also do very well. But make sure that the bullets are .452 dia and not .458. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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