Reloading for the 460 S&W

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Does anyone here reload for the 460? I am about to start reloading for it and would love any advice. Also what projectiles do you use.
Right now I have some campro plated .451 230gr. From my research the fastest I should push them is 1200fps. I also have a can of trailboss and a can of H110.
 
I used to use Hornady XTP-MAG projectiles and H110. They are rated for the velocity the 460 is capable of.
H110 does not work well with light loads though so save it for your full power loads and always stay above the minimum published load. I always started about 50% between low and high book data and worked upwards.
For my light loads I just used 45 long colt brass and cheaper projectiles.
I gave away all my load data when I sold the gun so I can't give you any data. My XTP-MAG/H110 loads were very close to max though, I kept going up until it got uncomfortable to shoot then backed it down a little, I had the 460V 5 inch revolver and never saw any pressure signs right up to max book loads. I was using Hornady #9 manual. If you don't have a good manual PM me with an email address and I'll send you a picture of the pages from the book.
 
Find another source for load data other than the hodgdon website. I found their starting load with h110 to be high. I'm using the 240 grain and 300 grain xtp mag. I can send you the load data from the book I have too.
 
Bustercluck said:
Find another source for load data other than the hodgdon website. I found their starting load with h110 to be high. I'm using the 240 grain and 300 grain xtp mag. I can send you the load data from the book I have too.
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I primarily ran the 240's but tried the 300's once, the Hornady manual seems a little hot for those loads. I was using new Hornady brass and H110 with the 300's and the brass broke in half on 2 of them, looked like someone used a pipe cutter and just cut them off. I went back to 240's and left it at that.
 
For my first load I used some hornady brass and the starting load of h110 from the hodgdon website and the brass got stuck in the wheel every shot.

I haven't loaded a lot of straight brass, but the rifle brass that has split on me in that area has been from firing them too many times and full length sizing. I just had a batch of hornady 6.5 creedmoor that all started splitting on me and I think it was fired 8-9 times. What I have gathered from a couple of other threads is you only want to use the .460 brass about four times.
 
Sub'd. I'm going to be loading for the 460 very soon. My first batch is some 45LC with 250 gr CamPros and 24gr H110. I need to shoot a few Hornady Factory before I load 460 proper loads.
 
Campro has thicker jackets than most US plated bullets. The campro jacket is 0.008", which is the same as the Berry's 500s&w plated bullets rated for 2000fps.

I would assume anything around 1500fps should be good with the Campro 45LC 250gr.
 
Anyone use the campro projectile's in the 460? I contacted them and they told me that 1800fps and below will be fine. I was looking for projectile's I could use to bring the reloading cost down a little but still be able to handle the higher velocity. I have reloaded some 230gr berry's behind 13.5gr of trailboss which worked fine felt like shooting a 9mm or 38. I also loaded some 300gr xtp mags using 36.5gr of h110 which also worked fine.

Wish I had a chrony to see how fast they were going.
 
Well i had a lot of fun on Friday night shooting some home cast 460 Mag loads! Whoo what a rush!

I used a Lee C457-500-F mold to cast huge heavy bullets for free then resized to .452 while installing gas checks for $0.05 ea. Tumble lubed with 45/45/70 and driven by WLR Primer and 26.6gr H110 to 1200 fps out of my 5" V460.

Total cost per round $0.21! Amazing fun for the cost!

These were quite a bit more "exciting" to shoot than the factory Hornady 200 gr rounds I had on hand to compare.
 
Lol, talking about saving money and economy loads for a 460V is hilarious. You've probably bought the wrong revolver if you're on a budget or want to save some money on ammo. I had some spicy 45LC loads, nice and hot 454 loads and then full house 240gr XPP-Mag 460 loads (pretty sure they were 240gr but that was a couple years ago so I may be confused). What's the point of owning the coolest revolver you can buy (I like it better than the 50) then neutering it with pissy little plinking rounds I could let my daughter shoot?
When I wanted to shoot cheaper ammo I pulled out my 9mm or 45 auto.

I still miss my 460 some days but have moved away from wanting powerful restricted firearms that only make holes in paper or bang gongs.
 
cr5 said:
... What's the point of owning the coolest revolver you can buy (I like it better than the 50) then neutering it with pissy little plinking rounds I could let my daughter shoot?
When I wanted to shoot cheaper ammo I pulled out my 9mm or 45 auto.

I still miss my 460 some days but have moved away from wanting powerful restricted firearms that only make holes in paper or bang gongs.
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The 500 gr home cast may be cheap but they are not plinkers!!! OMG they're far more recoil and heart pumping than the Hornady factory rounds I have. The Hornady 200 FTX rounds chrony'd at 1800 fps.

Sending 500 gr bullet down range at 1200 fps is similar to a 1 oz shotgun slug at full velocity only this is out of a handgun. Personally I found them to be much more exhilarating to shoot than factory.
 
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