I have an Encore Katahdin 20" in 460 Magnum that should be here tomorrow. Just curious if anyone has any experience with this round? Been wanting one for a while and finally broke down. I am gonna start off with some of the Hornady 200 grain sst's and see how they shoot. Any info would be appreciated!
460 S&W Mag
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Model70Man
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Quite possibly the meanest pistol cartridge out there. I want one for my Encore.
paradis1142
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bad azz dude
buckdead
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460 magnum......sounds scary. 
Kimberman,
I might have to get you and model70man to help with some reloading. The seller is getting me some dies and about 150 brass for it also. Should be a thumper!
I might have to get you and model70man to help with some reloading. The seller is getting me some dies and about 150 brass for it also. Should be a thumper!
Works for me buddy!
ShaneHallum
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I sold my 460mag. pistol. It was soo heavy.It's a mean a$$ round tho. But wear earplugs they are louder than any other gun I've shot!
If you can hold steady... They say you could kill a RHINO... at 200 yards with that 460vxr. Plus the ammo is outragious.
If you can hold steady... They say you could kill a RHINO... at 200 yards with that 460vxr. Plus the ammo is outragious.
FULLDRAWXX75
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Here is an article sent to me just the other day by a friend............OUCH.
460XVR blew my thumb off today!
No joke, about 1/2 of my left thumb is gone ... what's left is a friggin mess.
It's pretty hard to type, and I'm only posting because you never know, it might save somebody else a thumb. I was using a 2-handed grip, fired off a Cor-Bon DPX .460 and the blast came violently out the side of the gun.
At first my thumb was so covered in blood that I couldn't see how bad it was ... and I was full of adrenaline and felt no pain. And honestly it looked really bad, my whole hand was covered in blood and it was kinda gushing.
The blown-off thumb was on my support hand. I'll re-create the grip tomorrow to see where my thumb was, but it's not like I didn't already know not to get any body part near the cylinder gap. And even if I totally screwed up and did, taking my thumb clean off seems a bit excessive?
Just be careful with those 460's. That case operates at such high pressure, it's just asking for trouble.
BTW, I bought my 460 new and had exactly 12 rounds through it. Info about the gun, it's a full-size 460 with the 8 3/4' barrel and factory installed compensator. It's one of the Whitetails Unlimited models. Ammo was 200gr Cor-Bon DPX.
The gun only had 12 or 13 rounds of the Cor-Bon through it, and 10 .45 Long Colt rounds through it. So it was essentially still brand new.
Saw a hand specialist while there today. Lots of ways to try and save what's left, but first I just have to hope it doesn't get infected in the next few days ... then surgery early next week.
The hand specialist I spent a few hours with last night said that in gunshot wounds there is always a lot more damage than is first visible .. same with things like fireworks going off in your hand. A lot more flesh around the wound is dead, and will rot and fall off over the next couple days. That's why it's so important to keep clean, and that's also why they can't do surgery now. If they wrapped new skin over dead skin it would just puss out, possibly turn gang-green, and they'd have to start all over again.
This is an example of how he was holding his revolver. Wrong, wrong, wrong!
FDXX75
460XVR blew my thumb off today!
No joke, about 1/2 of my left thumb is gone ... what's left is a friggin mess.
It's pretty hard to type, and I'm only posting because you never know, it might save somebody else a thumb. I was using a 2-handed grip, fired off a Cor-Bon DPX .460 and the blast came violently out the side of the gun.
At first my thumb was so covered in blood that I couldn't see how bad it was ... and I was full of adrenaline and felt no pain. And honestly it looked really bad, my whole hand was covered in blood and it was kinda gushing.
The blown-off thumb was on my support hand. I'll re-create the grip tomorrow to see where my thumb was, but it's not like I didn't already know not to get any body part near the cylinder gap. And even if I totally screwed up and did, taking my thumb clean off seems a bit excessive?
Just be careful with those 460's. That case operates at such high pressure, it's just asking for trouble.
BTW, I bought my 460 new and had exactly 12 rounds through it. Info about the gun, it's a full-size 460 with the 8 3/4' barrel and factory installed compensator. It's one of the Whitetails Unlimited models. Ammo was 200gr Cor-Bon DPX.
The gun only had 12 or 13 rounds of the Cor-Bon through it, and 10 .45 Long Colt rounds through it. So it was essentially still brand new.
Saw a hand specialist while there today. Lots of ways to try and save what's left, but first I just have to hope it doesn't get infected in the next few days ... then surgery early next week.
The hand specialist I spent a few hours with last night said that in gunshot wounds there is always a lot more damage than is first visible .. same with things like fireworks going off in your hand. A lot more flesh around the wound is dead, and will rot and fall off over the next couple days. That's why it's so important to keep clean, and that's also why they can't do surgery now. If they wrapped new skin over dead skin it would just puss out, possibly turn gang-green, and they'd have to start all over again.
This is an example of how he was holding his revolver. Wrong, wrong, wrong!
FDXX75
Very not good!
mr.big
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my bro has a custom 5 shot ruger bisley in 475 linebaugh,,badazz
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Anonymous
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I also owned a .460 S&W.. and i also sold it less thena year later!! Like everyone else here has said.. the noise it tremendous and the recoil is even worse..I will continue to just shoot my old .41 magnum as it does everything i want it to do...comfortably!! It is a great pistol to own if you just want to impress people with though!!
