by 45-70 shooter » Tue Oct 14, 2014 1:49 pm
I can't seem to find any 70K pressure loads for the 460 S&W. The Hodgdon website lists the maximum 4227 load with a 300 gr bullet as 40 gr compressed yielding 1988 fps and 57K PSI. 40 gr and a 300 gr Lee cast bullet would not even fit in the smaller 450 BM.
There has been no published evidence that a 460 S&W revolver is stronger than a 450 BM on a quality lower. The inconvenient fact that any revolver is wide open at both ends of the cylinder whereas as 450 BM is only open at the muzzle is comforting. I don't have an extra pile of 100s to do a blowup test on the two guns, although I do own both. Trust me, shooting a max 300 gr load in a 450 BM is like a 22 short compared to my 460XVR off its bipod.
It's really a silly gun but the seller needed money.
If you can read and follow simple instructions you can reload any standard cartridge. Even a wild wildcat like my 22-06 is not dangerous to reload IF the chamber, throat, dies, powder, primer, cases and bullet all come together in harmony. Only WRA cases, only Redding BR dies, only magnum primers, only H869 and only a few strong .224 bullets that can take the twist and velocity. It's really just a 1930s version of the 22/244 IMP that finally has the components to realize its potential.