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S&W Starts Shipping the 460XVR Today
Anyone got one ordered yet? Me? I bought a Taurus Raging Bull 480 last year and right now cannot justify buying another handgun for hunting.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 12, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWB, Trade), parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp., the legendary, 153-year old, global provider of products and services for safety, security, protection and sport announced that it has begun initial shipments of its Model 460XVR (X-treme Velocity Revolver). The revolver, introduced by the company at SHOT Show 2005 in January, received the "2005 Handgun of the Year" award from the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence...
...Manufactured entirely in the United States at the company's Springfield, Massachusetts factory, the 460XVR is capable of launching a 200-grain bullet at a speed of more than 2,300 feet per second and thus represents the highest velocity production revolver currently available. The company indicated that its objective in designing the 460XVR was to design a revolver capable of accurately and effectively reaching targets at distances of over 200 yards. This high velocity performance allows shooters to zero in on targets at long range while retaining a center hold...
Anyone got one ordered yet? Me? I bought a Taurus Raging Bull 480 last year and right now cannot justify buying another handgun for hunting.