Question about a S&W 460

even when shooting the 460 going from the 454 casull's to a 460 Hornady is a massive jump in the same gun!

for fun we where blazing 4 casulls then one 460mag at the end and it was soooooo funny.
thump, thump, thump, thump, KKKKKKKA-Thump!

go to 1:50 to see the fun (that vid was from the last weekend)

 
i was just looking around the web, and back the OP question i found this about the S&W 460.
here are all the different ones they put out;


Model 460 OD Green Carry Combo
Model 460 ES Emergency Survival Kit
Model 460 V with 5" barrel
Model 460 XVR with 8.375" barrel
Model 460 XVR Compensated Hunter with 10.5" barrel, muzzle brake, and sling swivels
Model 460 XVR Performance Center 14"[1] with Bipod, Muzzle Break and sling Swivels

the XVR stands for Extreme Velocity Revolver
 
hmmm, interesting

Smith & Wesson's Extra Large Frame (X) revolvers are the most powerful production and Performance Center revolvers ever built. The Model 460XVR™ was released in 2005 and sports the highest muzzle velocity of any production revolver on the planet. This handgun launches 200-grain, .460 S&W Magnum bullets at approximately 2,300 feet per second. The X-Frames come equipped with compensators to reduce felt recoil.
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and in comparison to the 500
In 2003 the gunsmiths and engineers at Smith & Wesson wanted to deliver maximum power for serious handgun hunters. The power they sought required an entirely new frame, the massive "X-Frame™," and was the basis for the new Model S&W500™, the most powerful production revolver in the world. This ushered in the era of the "big gun" and was only the beginning. For ultimate power and velocity there's nothing even close to an X-Frame model handgun.
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so the 500 is the most powerful and the 460 is the fastest of the production guns in the world.
so the question that begs asking..... what is better..... velocity or power?
 
I have found tons of attitude and arrogance at many of the gun shops I have been in. One guy sold me some pricey (as compared to surplus) non-steel core ammo and a few days later at the club he happens to be there and accuses me of shooting steel core ammo which is banned at the club - and I was shooting the ammo he sold me as non-steel core. and btw it is not steel core. but he knows all because he works in a gun shop.

I find there are 3 types of gun owners. the kind who think they wrote the book and wont hesitate to stick their nose in someone elses business to tell them what they are doing wrong. there is the kind who loves guns and loves to talk about them and share what he or she has learned, and there is the type who want to be left alone and don't even say hi. it seems most gun store employees are in the first category. besides where else you going to go?

unless your gun store is charging more than anyone else, just put up with the attitude and buy the gun. i don't remember what my .460 box said (I have since sold it) but the box is cut out for the 8 inch version - they don't have a custom insert for the 5 inch. just check the serial on the sticker and make sure you are not being charged for an xvr. if you go elsewhere you are likely to get similar attitude. check around online to see if you can find it for a better price and if so do mail order. the .460 if you have not shot it is SO worth it. the most fun handgun you will shoot. and the kick is not bad. it is worth putting up with some attitude to gain this beauty.

as for his attitude about glock - all the m&p is, is a glock clone! tell him that.
 
bubbers said:
I have found tons of attitude and arrogance at many of the gun shops I have been in. One guy sold me some pricey (as compared to surplus) non-steel core ammo and a few days later at the club he happens to be there and accuses me of shooting steel core ammo which is banned at the club - and I was shooting the ammo he sold me as non-steel core. and btw it is not steel core. but he knows all because he works in a gun shop.

I find there are 3 types of gun owners. the kind who think they wrote the book and wont hesitate to stick their nose in someone elses business to tell them what they are doing wrong. there is the kind who loves guns and loves to talk about them and share what he or she has learned, and there is the type who want to be left alone and don't even say hi. it seems most gun store employees are in the first category. besides where else you going to go?

unless your gun store is charging more than anyone else, just put up with the attitude and buy the gun. i don't remember what my .460 box said (I have since sold it) but the box is cut out for the 8 inch version - they don't have a custom insert for the 5 inch. just check the serial on the sticker and make sure you are not being charged for an xvr. if you go elsewhere you are likely to get similar attitude. check around online to see if you can find it for a better price and if so do mail order. the .460 if you have not shot it is SO worth it. the most fun handgun you will shoot. and the kick is not bad. it is worth putting up with some attitude to gain this beauty.

as for his attitude about glock - all the m&p is, is a glock clone! tell him that.
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Yea i decided to still buy it price is good.

& Yea i reminded him that & his response was no Glock isnt as good, im not a fan of polymer guns but shooting 10mm outta that glock i find it way better than my M&P 9mm was
 
wayupnorth said:
i was just looking around the web, and back the OP question i found this about the S&W 460.
here are all the different ones they put out;


Model 460 OD Green Carry Combo
Model 460 ES Emergency Survival Kit
Model 460 V with 5" barrel
Model 460 XVR with 8.375" barrel
Model 460 XVR Compensated Hunter with 10.5" barrel, muzzle brake, and sling swivels
Model 460 XVR Performance Center 14"[1] with Bipod, Muzzle Break and sling Swivels

the XVR stands for Extreme Velocity Revolver
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Yea this one is the V, imma still get it
 
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