Anyone Have Any Good .460 Magnum Shooting Stories?

[.460V & XVR Magnum Man]

Looking to see if anyone has any good stories of taking someone out with them and their .460 Magnum and letting them shoot it first time and getting their reaction. Took my Dad out, he had only shot a .44 mag as the biggest. I showed him how to place his fingers on the grips and KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE CYLINDER EXHAUST. It is a .460V 5", he lit the first 200grain SST Hornady off, lowered the gun and said,"You got to be Kidding"!!! He finished off the last 4 rounds and said he had enough. He raised me with handguns and taught me all the safety issues and how to handle firearms. At 81 years old he said never in his life did he think anything would be that strong and he said that is one piece of machinery that he has a lot of respect for. Needless to say he wouldn't shoot it again, and opted for my .44 magnum for the rest of his day. His eyes stayed about the size of silver dollars about 1/2 hour after the last .460 round. I later got the .460XVR he sad it is so big it almost looks comical, but he agreed to give it a try next time we go out. I think I will take a big watermelon on the next trip and let him make some mush, I think he would really smile on that one!

 

[Squintey]

First time I shot the XVR at an indoor range in Columbia. I started plinking with 45 LCs, then moved up to 454s. The 45s felt like shooting light 38 loads; the 454s felt similar to hot 357s or mild 44 mags. When I finally chambered 5 of the 460s I walked down the line and warned the other shooters I would be making some serious noise. Most of them were like "whatever". The first shot thundered and I first noticed that a guy 3 stalls down dropped his weapon! (hey, I warned him). Then I noticed it was snowing - the ceiling tiles above my position were shedding all the loose ceilotex and dust following the concussion!
I finished the cylinder and when I looked back had quite an audience. Everyone talked about "how big and loud" it was, but nobody wanted to try it out. I admit, this isnt' the load for plinking or long practice sessions, but with the compensator, barrel length and shear weight of this hand cannon, it was not unpleasant!

 

[kennyb]

Looking to see if anyone has any good stories of taking someone out with them and their .460 Magnum and letting them shoot it first time and getting their reaction. Took my Dad out, he had only shot a .44 mag as the biggest. I showed him how to place his fingers on the grips and KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE CYLINDER EXHAUST. It is a .460V 5", he lit the first 200grain SST Hornady off, lowered the gun and said,"You got to be Kidding"!!! He finished off the last 4 rounds and said he had enough. He raised me with handguns and taught me all the safety issues and how to handle firearms. At 81 years old he said never in his life did he think anything would be that strong and he said that is one piece of machinery that he has a lot of respect for. Needless to say he wouldn't shoot it again, and opted for my .44 magnum for the rest of his day. His eyes stayed about the size of silver dollars about 1/2 hour after the last .460 round. I later got the .460XVR he sad it is so big it almost looks comical, but he agreed to give it a try next time we go out. I think I will take a big watermelon on the next trip and let him make some mush, I think he would really smile on that one!

LOL...load up the 500 mag.on the next trip as a "wake-me up"!!

 

[460v LAC du FLAMBEAU]

I have owned the 5" 460v & the 4"' 500 since 2007.

The 460 with the Hogue grip is easy to shoot because of the weight once you get use to it.

The 500 is alittle heavier using Hornady 300 grain SST's...a real load!

I shot a coyote last year with the 460 in the hind quarters and spun him around like a helicopter...he was moving fast so it was not the best placed shot.

I only shoot Hornady ammo although I have Corbon ammo if I need it.

 

[buck460XVR]

Last fall, my oldest son and I were at the local outdoor range shooting when another shooter came up and asked us how long we would be. I told him we had just set up and with the amount of guns and ammo we had left to shoot we we be there for a while. I then told him he was welcome to use the table next to us and we would be happy to stop shooting whenever he wanted to check his target. He looked at the .357mag and the .223 we were shooting at the time and then (almost boasting)warned us that he would be sighting in a new 300 mag with a boss comp on it and that it might be too loud for our taste. I told him we had good muffs and to have at it. He had shot approximately 5 rounds before I pulled out the X-Frame and after I had let rip with the first cylinder's worth, he put his rifle away and said he'd come back after we were thru............


I have yet had the opportunity to let someone shoot my X-Frame without them leaving the range with a mile wide smile and a "Damn, that was fun!".

 

[.460V & XVR Magnum Man]

I also went into the local indoor range recently. I warned the other people there I would be making some serious noise and to make sure you have on your "ears". Well the range came to a stand still as it is a really small 7 lane range, concussion was really noticable. Anyway the 3rd round I lit off, the electric motor cover above my lane that runs the targets in and out was blown off the motor by the compression and hit me in the head. I first thought, as I didn't see it coming that I had made someone mad and they wanted me to stop. My first thought was you don't hit someone in the head while they have a loaded .460 in their hands with the hammer cocked! You should have seen the looks on their faces as that cover bounced off the back of my head and crashed on the floor. I took it out to the rangemaster who knew that I was going to be shooting the 460,he laughed and he told me that every round that I lit off, the ammo boxes in the display case on the same wall as the range bounced on the shelves. And the range is connected to the store with good sound proofing and he said all the customers in the gun store part of it were asking what the h*** is that. The funny ending to this story is the gunshop had orders for 2 460's before I left the building after 40 rounds. And the manager wanted to know when I would be back, and said a good time would be Friday evening or Saturday when the most store customers are there.

 

[pageophile]

I know this tread is a little old but wanted to add my story

Last Friday I celebrated a birthday and my "gift" showed up that morning, a S&W 460V. So I quickly hit the local shop for some 454 Casull & 460 S&W Magnum ammo before heading to the range.

Also brought along a selection of calibers in addition to the new one, a 22LR, a 45ACP, 10mm and a couple 44MAGs.

I'm a big fan of 44MAG, the versatility of low power plinking loads for practice and big boomers for burning down the house

Well after working my way though the pistols, time came for the 460V. Since the indoor range's pistol side is only rated for 1600fps or less (and I like going there), we moved over into the rifle bay.

The 454 rounds while stout, were more than manageable in the big X-Frame. In fact I'd venture the Remington 180gr 44MAGs in my M29 had way more "kick". Never thought I'd say that about the 454 Casull.

Now for the fun part, loaded up some Hornady 200gr rounds for the 460V . . . DAMN ! ! ! Touching off the round was awesome and the aftereffects were just as good. If I had any hair left (shaved head), it would have been blown back from the aftershock and the heat wave was unreal. WOW, just WOW! The change from 454 to the 460 was way more than I was expecting or hoped for. My hand was shaking (in a good way) after another 4 rounds.

Needless to say I'm pretty happy with my new big finish gun. Now I just need to start reloading because buying 460 S&W Magnum factory ammo will put me in the poor house.


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[jpro]

460 XVR 6 1/2 Lew Horton WOW

I purchased my 460 in 2006. Wow, what a gun. I hunt whitetails in S. Ohio. Everybody in the woods knows when I shoot my deer. Thats a good thing because my buddies come and help me drag. Ten deer with twelve shots.What a combination, accurate and deadly. Thanks S&W