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Offline BUTTS

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460 S&W do I really need it?
« on: March 03, 2011, 03:38:44 PM »
The gun shop here has a carbine barrel in 460 S&W. Other than I dont have it what would I ever use it for?
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Re: 460 S&W do I really need it?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2011, 04:17:36 PM »
Great Deer barrel for tight quarters. I use a Marlin 45LC for close tree stand gun where I don't have a 75 yard open shot. Working on a cat sneeze load for it.


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Re: 460 S&W do I really need it?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2011, 03:57:26 AM »
From what I have read in the past, they are difficult to find a load to shoot well, and unless you reload, the ammo is expensive. You should also have the option of using 454 casull or 45LC in the barrel, but I would call T/C to see if it is OK first.
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Re: 460 S&W do I really need it?
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2011, 05:03:26 PM »
I shoot all three in my 460SW
It shoots the 454 Best of all
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Re: 460 S&W do I really need it?
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2011, 05:53:12 PM »
Unless you already have a 45-70 that can be loaded to all three levels of the 460 and above in case something large excaped from the circus or zoo.  The 460 in all three levels will be a great for Deer, bear, and pigs in the woods or brush country.
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Re: 460 S&W do I really need it?
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2011, 10:44:42 AM »
The 45-70 will do everything so much better why bother with a gun that the ammo is hard to find.

The 460 makes a great pistol cartridge, I carry one.  But I just can not see it as a rifle cartridge.  I carry a single shot TCR in 45-70 or .338WM with the 460 pistol on my belt as back-up.
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