Shot my .460 today

[ChrisK]

I shot it and let the oldest boy and one of his friends shoot it. Boooom Baby, that thing is pretty wild.

[poncaguy]

Anyone  smacked in the head?            hahaha.......enjoy the barrel, I like ur 243 barrel much more than I did that 460!

[ChrisK]

No, nobody hit in the head. My oldest son had a friend with him. I let them shoot it first. I told them to keep there left index finger from the tang, and hold it out in front of them and form a triangle and make sure that they are ready to squeeze the trigger. They did pretty good. The oldest boy still got bit a little. I would say it kicks 4x as much as the .243.

[MePlat]

If you want something to set you free try an Encore 45/70 barrel that is tapered with no brake and shoot some 550 gr bullets at close to 1500 fps.
After that everything else seem not too bad.

[poncaguy]

My 45-70 has a brake, nothing compared to the 460 I traded to Chris K

[bubbinator]

+1 on the 45-70 Contender! There is one in a local gunshop-2 owner- with original box of Remington ammo minus 4 rds.  I saw the pictures of the owners. Between them they had more stitches than a baseball! Truth of the matter is T/Cs got real popular due to  a couple of good shooter/hunter successes on great bucks and everybody wanted one.  The 45-70 was the last one in the display so a newby bought it X 2!

[MePlat]

"Truth of the matter is T/Cs got real popular due to  a couple of good shooter/hunter successes on great bucks and everybody wanted one. "
 
No the truth of the matter is the 45/70 has been popular for over 100 years. 
It set its reputaion by being a good caliber on the hunting fields and the target range.
In the contender/G2 with a correct chamber/throat you can duplicate the old BP velocities easily.
With an Encore one can get 1500 with a 550 gr bullet.  Few smaller calibers can equal it as far as brute power is concerned.  Not talking about energy figures here.
Kinda like comparing a D9 Cat to a funny car.  I've never seen a Cat on the dragstrip or a funny car pushing dirt,  boulders and trees.  One is speed one is power.
A 460 S&W with 200 gr bullet one would have to push it to 4125 fps and a 400 gr to 2062 fps to equal  the same momentum as the 550 at 1500 fps.
I don't think the 460 will quite make those figures at this time.
Forget about the 454 Casull and the 475 Linbaugh or 500 Linebaugh.