Could a .460 Rowland possibly fire a 60 grain bullet?

[bwh]

I know that the .45 ACP can fire a 60 grain bullet [source: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/THV.htm], but could a .460 Rowland possibly fire a bullet that light--or must the bullet be 62- to 65 grain?

 

[Wreck-n-Crew]

I am trying to understand why one would even want to even in a 45acp. Note: your link is broken, on my end.

IMHO even a 185 Gr HP is too light for the 460. They come apart. The 230 GR have been known to expand to 1" plus. To me the best round for a Rowland is the 200-230 GR range.

 

[WestKentucky]

The issue isn't whether it can, the issue is would it be worth the effort. You could hollow out a bullet as big as you like to as light as you like, and with significantly reduced loads you could theoretically fire one as thin as aluminum foil using nothing but a primer...but if your looking to fire a 60gr round that small why not take a leap down in caliber?

 

[WestKentucky]

Broken link here too.

 

[WestKentucky]

I found the liberty halo point ammo, but still don't see the point. In a .460, you are really overpowered for anything that small. You may be able to go extremely light by using aluminum or some metal other than lead, that has to be strong enough to handle the ridiculous velocity without coming apart in the air, and soft enough to go down the bore without damaging the rifling. Maybe, and it's a big maybe, you could use something like a copper jacketed plastic bullet...?

But still...why?

 

[Wreck-n-Crew]

halo point ammo

If it weren't for people who knew no better these guys would be out of business already.

The best progress towards better SD ammo has been avoiding clogged tips. Other than that heavy and fast will always do the trick.

 

[SDGlock23]

Just remove the ] from the link he gave.

Super light bullet with lots of velocity, I'll pass.

 

[Elkins45]

The whole appeal of the 460 Rowland IMO is as an autoloading alternative to a 44 magnum revolver, for hunting or large predator protection. For that application bullets on the heavier end of the scale (230-250 grain) would be needed to produce good penetration.

As a practical matter a 60 grain bullet would have a hard time generating enough of a recoil impulse to reliably overcome the heavy recoil spring of the 460 setup. Besides, why bother? Since anybody who has a 460 conversion probably still has the original 45 barrel and spring (and access to much cheaper 45 cases) why not just use those parts/components? As others have said, unless you use some sort of specialty projectile it will probably either be wildly inaccurate or just tear itself apart.

 

[LeonCarr]

The bullet would have to be made out of zinc or some similar alloy, or maybe an all copper can get down that light. The lightest commercial lead core JHPs I have seen are 165 grains.

But why?

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[jmorris]

I know that the .45 ACP can fire a 60 grain bullet [source: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/THV.htm], but could a .460 Rowland possibly fire a bullet that light--or must the bullet be 62- to 65 grain?

I am not sure I understand the question, you could fire a zero grain bullet in a 460 Rowland. Most people would call it a blank at that point though.