mhmranch,
Welcome to HHM. I have the 460 S&W in several guns. The only real caution you need be aware is that not ALL 45 caliber jacketed bullets are the same. What I mean is that most bullets, at least in the pre 454 Cassul and 460 S&W days were manufactured for the more "sedate" 45 Colt ( Long Colt is a misnomer, there never was a 45 Short Colt ). The jackets and cores were softer. These bullets if driven at higher velocities will "fragment." The manufacturers provide information on the recommended "minimum" and "maximum" velocities for their bullets. You will need to determine the max velocity you wish to drive the bullet and select accordingly. I had a helluva time trying to "sight-in" a load using a Rainier 255 grain plated bullet. Just couldn't get it to hit the side of a barn. Then I fired the load in an S&W revolver with ports and had to brush off the jacket fragments from the bench. Rainier does not recommend driving the plated bullets faster then 1200-1400 fps. Using the same bullet and a 460 Star line case with 12.5 grains of Trail Boss makes a great 45 Colt dupe load at about 1200 fps. from my 6 1/2" PC S&W.
Where is the mhm ranch?
Doc
Hard to believe this gets miss told so much! YES there was a short Colt
And you will find it here, I think Elmer would have said, "he## I was there"
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/45_short_colt.htm Make mine LONG! I prefer a 340 to 360 grain hard cast for any real serious dangerous game, but the 200 Hornady factory round makes a great varmint load, and rely destroys a lot of deer meet if you want to use factory ammo under 100 yards, it does stay together though, it works pretty good past 150 yards without major meat loss. But so does the hard cast, mine is gas checked, works fabulous! In the 15" working length of my encore barrel I'm running 2772 FPS with the 200 fac. load, I use the FTX with Hornady's tech's advice and am running it at 2550 FPS. this bullet has a .020" thinner jacket than the 200, haven't tried it on game yet, but it groups great at 200 yards, 1 1/2"!
