460V Rig Pics - haters move along...

[bollox]

One of the regulars at my range has one (not the yellow grips, but... )

Some vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzo8LlQdWJU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVmLiKsfZLo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWkzIvntxrc

And now for a review... today's lesson on muzzleflash:

.22LR "Stinger"

.380 ACP:

9mm:

.45 ACP:

7.62x39:

Short barrel 12ga. shotgun:

Short barrel AR-15:

.460 S&W mag:

Any questions?

Not to be a jerk (pun intended) but does looking 60 degrees to the left of the line of fire count as a 'flinch'?....... nice pics, cool gun.

 

[OldHack]

Thanks all you 460V lovers/non-haters! Glad to see there are some living up to the forum name

Nice rig, beautiful leather. Nothing like having an abundance of disposable income.
I love the 460V, so versatile with the 45Colt.454 Cassul/460 S&W combo.
The grips I'm luke warm on but thats just me, Any one do moonclips and tritium sights for these things yet?
IMO you spent your money very wisely, congrats

Hey, not to be flaunting or anything, it's more like disposed of income rather than an abundance of disposable income Haven't looked for moonclips. I don't really want to shoot too many shorter length rounds to keep ringing to a minimum. The longer XVRs come with fibre optic front sights, but haven't seen any tritium offerings. Thanks!

I carried a 44 mag for years, when I was surveying out of Grande Prairie, in the 80s. I had one of the only carry permits issued in those days. I always went cheap with the holster, but if I'd seen this rig, I might have been tempted to spend some big bucks. That looks very nice.

One question about the rig; does the strap tend to push the hammer into the cocked position?

I'm really impressed with the leather. It's precision built and so well engineered that it functions perfectly. The strap pulls the hammer down into the frame, not away from it. And it's way quicker to flick off the strap than I thought when I first saw it. It's more of just a smooth lifting motion than with your typical thumb break.

One of the regulars at my range has one (not the yellow grips, but... )


.460 S&W mag:

Any questions?

Nope. I'm good. Great pics! Thanks!

Nice rig and although yellow wouldn't be my first choice for a grip it doesn't look bad.

Thanks. Perhaps orange?

Wow, I really like the grips. Different is always cool in my books. And it looks like you go to the same range as me I hope to see you(it) there sometime.

Thanks, I think you must be talking about ghostie's range.

I have the 5" 460V and love it.......just plain intimidating!!
My question is about the top notch photos.....details about the camera/photos please?

Thanks brother! I forced myself to pull out my big cam; usually I like my compact. It's a Nikon D90 with an 18-105 Nikkor on it. Macro setting for most. No flash. Natural light on one side, tall incandescent floor lamp for fill. The stuff is sitting on my ottoman. I find it makes a good background. And once I have a setup, I can turn the whole ottoman to find what lighting angle works the best without disturbing the arrangement. Like the rear cylinder shot. That was the best of 3 for showing the case head detail. You a photonut as well?

Not to be a jerk (pun intended) but does looking 60 degrees to the left of the line of fire count as a 'flinch'?....... nice pics, cool gun.

Yeah, thanks for the great action shots, ghostie. Bollox, I don't think it's so much a flinch as he's trying to even out his tan

 

[ghostie]

Not to be a jerk (pun intended) but does looking 60 degrees to the left of the line of fire count as a 'flinch'?....... nice pics, cool gun.

Yah, I don't know. That is "everyone's favorite range officer" at that range. I took those vids of him - must be a couple of years ago now - and I have wondered the same thing. Why does it look like he is looking away from the blast? He is a very, very experienced gun guy. Ex-British military, ex-armoured car in Canada, has a .44 magnum of his own... seems hard to believe. Might just be the way it looks.

This is the actual owner of the .460 (different guy):

And this is me:

 

[manboy]

that's one bad-ass cannon.

 

[JohnnyMac]

Here's mine with a mernickle shoulder rig.

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[OldHack]

Here's mine with a mernickle shoulder rig.

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Cool I had a chest rig for my 8 3/8" 629 with optic. Not many carry options.

 

[icelink]

Badass!!!!

love it!!! awesome pictures!! they are very professional look like right out of a magazine!!!

"muzzle flash would blind you at night" i would take the risk to see it!

beautiful piece!!!!

what the total cost for the piece and the leather? pushing 2000$????

 

[waderow]

whats the preference on the two compensators?

 

[OldHack]

love it!!! awesome pictures!! they are very professional look like right out of a magazine!!!

"muzzle flash would blind you at night" i would take the risk to see it!

beautiful piece!!!!

what the total cost for the piece and the leather? pushing 2000$????

Thanks! Always amazed by Ichiro Nagata's magazine photos. Guns are fun to shoot. haha.

I don't have a total in my head but I could stock quite a few more boxes of ammo to bring it up to 2k.

 

[OldHack]

whats the preference on the two compensators?

I'm just going to stick with the shorty. The other one is supposed to reduce leading but probably not noticeably. I dunno. Whatever looks cooler that day I guess.

You supposedly get less of a punch in the nose if you run without one.

 

[voere270]

Moose killer!

Badass gun!

 

[mudgunner49]

One of the regulars at my range has one (not the yellow grips, but... )

Some vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzo8LlQdWJU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVmLiKsfZLo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWkzIvntxrc

And now for a review... today's lesson on muzzleflash:

.22LR "Stinger"

.380 ACP:

9mm:

.45 ACP:

7.62x39:

Short barrel 12ga. shotgun:

Short barrel AR-15:

.460 S&W mag:

Any questions?

Did you hit him??? Naw - but he was on fire when he ran out!!!

And ideal for pistol-whipping if you have arms like Popeye...

 

[Skinnydipper]

Thanks brother! I forced myself to pull out my big cam; usually I like my compact. It's a Nikon D90 with an 18-105 Nikkor on it. Macro setting for most. No flash. Natural light on one side, tall incandescent floor lamp for fill. The stuff is sitting on my ottoman. I find it makes a good background. And once I have a setup, I can turn the whole ottoman to find what lighting angle works the best without disturbing the arrangement. Like the rear cylinder shot. That was the best of 3 for showing the case head detail. You a photonut as well?

Photonut?....perhaps closer to fanatic if you asked my wife!!

I love the entire composition of all the photos; natural light, fill light, props and superb use of depth of field to accentuate the specific details best.
Guess I'll be forced to break out the 460V and the Canon 7D for a meet and greet soon.

BTW Has this gun of yours been fired? Mine has cylinder heat marks and overall no where near as shiny.

 

[OldHack]

Photonut?....perhaps closer to fanatic if you asked my wife!!

I love the entire composition of all the photos; natural light, fill light, props and superb use of depth of field to accentuate the specific details best.
Guess I'll be forced to break out the 460V and the Canon 7D for a meet and greet soon.

BTW Has this gun of yours been fired? Mine has cylinder heat marks and overall no where near as shiny.

Thanks! Glad you appreciated those.... and....busted! Yeah, I was wondering if I would get away with that one...virgin cylinders....even with a wire brush once it's fired, it's pretty much impossible to scrub that away 460V owners unite!

 

[waderow]

so the heat marks on the cylinder cannot be removed?

 

[BCRider]

You sure they aren't just powder residue stains? By the time the cylinder can get hot enough to gain oxidation colouring it'll easily be far too hot to hold without leaving burns and blisters.

For the powder stains I read here that a white draughtsman's eraser does a good job of removing the stubborn powder stains from stainless steel. I gave one I had to a shooting buddy that has all stainless guns and we tried it. It worked! And it was pretty easy as well. A bunch of the gun bore cleaners he had tried would not take it off but a few minutes with the eraser and it looked like new.

 

[Skinnydipper]

You sure they aren't just powder residue stains? By the time the cylinder can get hot enough to gain oxidation colouring it'll easily be far too hot to hold without leaving burns and blisters.

For the powder stains I read here that a white draughtsman's eraser does a good job of removing the stubborn powder stains from stainless steel. I gave one I had to a shooting buddy that has all stainless guns and we tried it. It worked! And it was pretty easy as well. A bunch of the gun bore cleaners he had tried would not take it off but a few minutes with the eraser and it looked like new.

I believe it to be heat related as it's a transition of blueish colors migrating from the front of each cylinder rearwards.

 

[BCRider]

But by the time the metal gets hot enough to gain those colors you would be able to melt solder on the cylinder. At that point you would not be able to handle the gun to reload it without getting severe burns. That's why I'm thinking it is more likely something unique about the powder stains.

 

[Skinnydipper]

But by the time the metal gets hot enough to gain those colors you would be able to melt solder on the cylinder. At that point you would not be able to handle the gun to reload it without getting severe burns. That's why I'm thinking it is more likely something unique about the powder stains.

I stand corrected. As I was going to take some pictures to show what I was seeing I decided to take a mild scouring pad from the kitchen and gently scrub the discolored areas. Though it gives the appearance of heat marks, with a bit of polishing they do clean up quite nicely. Now my conversation piece is starting to look like a virgin again....thanks!

 

[L0veM0nKeY]

Nice!