460 owners step in.

[Hotshot10]

Loosedhorse, what model is that .460? I searched on Smith's web site and got nada.

 

[roger460xvr]

I think i'll go out and buy another one for the HELL of it.....LOVE THEM 460xvrs..............

 

[AABEN]

They are no trouble to reload and no trouble getting bullets!

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I screwed up. Deleted

 

[roger460xvr]

Here;s my big baby........

 

[Loosedhorse]

Loosedhorse, what model is that .460? I searched on Smith's web site and got nada.

The gun I posted a picture of in post #5 is a S&W "exclusive" made for Lew Horton Distributing Co. Inc.

It was specified as a PC M460 3.5" Comp, part #S&W170268FC. As you have discovered, they are no longer made, and hard to find.

Link.

 

[TennJed]

Let's see, weighs pretty much as much as a carbine, nearly as big as a carbine. So why not just buy a carbine? At least then you'll get a stock too, since it appears that S&W forgot to add one.

Because this is the revolver forum

Thanks for all (most) of the info guys. This is why I love this forum. Very helpful

 

[jamesb]

I had one, 460XVR, and like you I was really attracted to being able to shoot 3 calibers, I already shoot alot of 45 colt. I really liked the idea of the gun and was very excited to get it. Then I shot it. I could never get it to group well at 100 yards with the hornady 460s. Probly most of the problem is my lack of skill shooting revolvers. It was scoped and I had planned on using to hunt with. The recoil was too much on my wrist and I developed a bad flinch. I was very heavy and not well balanced withteh 8 and 3/4 barrel. I think the 5 inch would of been better for handling, thats what I originally wanted but the shop had the longer barrel in stock and I bought it on an impulse. It was a dream to 45 colt through, like alomost shooting a 22 but again I just found it too unwieldly since have other 45 colts.

Loading for it seemed easy enough, I got all the stuff ot reload for it but never got that far. Cases were a bit exspensive and a little hard to come buy but you can just buy some factory ammo and reload those. Lots of bullet choices.

I ended up trading the gun but I picked up a 460 barrel for my encore so I still shoot the round. I find it more fun out of the carbine.

 

[Jaxondog]

I love mine and yes I have some smaller one's icture098.jpg[/IMG]also.

 

[Jaxondog]

oop's, sorry don't know why no pi c's.

 

[dholla]

Pick one anyone. With factory Hornady FTX I can squeeze 1moa at 100yds from a sandbag with the 10". My dad shoots the 12".

 

[OldCavSoldier]

The .460 that I shot a year or so ago was a PEE-BRINGER!!! Fun but not a lot of fun.

 

[Fishslayer]

Believe me, I'm not trying to pee in anybody's cornflakes. There's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting something just because. I love big bore sixguns and can never get enough of them. However, I no longer have a fascination with lots of noise and want my guns, no matter how extravagant, to be practical. Bigger is better but I like to shoot my sixguns a lot and don't like to beat myself up unnecessarily in the process. Bottom line is that you can do everything a sixgun needs to do, including taking the largest game on earth, without the blistering velocity the X-frames deliver. If I need more, I'll go up in bullet weight and/or diameter, not velocity. So for that reason, I have no need for them. If I need more than the .44/.45, I'll go to a .475. For me, a practical .500 is the Linebaugh and JRH, not the S&W. I'll be the last to deny a man his toys but do you see my point?

Mighta missed the post stating the reason...

"For the heck of it."

I "get it" completely.