RBHarter
West Central AR
Ok now I have you .... 
This is actually a thread about a rifle cartridge that originated in a pistol that I'm having a rifle assembled to shoot . Or something like that....
I've read a hand full of threads scattered far and thin that the 460 Smith and Wesson can be a real romper stomper in a 16-18" closed breach firearm . These seem to be typically done on Contender and Handy type rifles . I recently found the 45 Raptor . It is just a rimless 460 in a blown straight 308 case intended for the AR 10 platform .
Having a yen for a 45 cal all purpose ,and yenning for such a beast for several years ,like a decade , now seems like the perfect time for a new custom rifle .
I have a 1908 Oviedo SR with a really ugly bbl , all 29" of it, in 7*57 . It shoots factory ammo to about 12" and a couple of select hand loads to 3-4 and I got it out of a salvage bucket on its way to the crusher . The Boyd's prairie hunter stock was $60 and it has a decent trigger . The bbl should be on hand pretty quick and is in theory a "drop in" Sporter which means I'll have to move some stock wood but it should be minimal . I will mark it as a 45-60 Straight Rimless so as to remind myself and a future owner not to really lay the fire to it ...... I noted there is some 460 data that runs well into the low 50 kpsi range . I think that a 350 loafing along at nominal 45-70 16-1700 fps should knock most critters in North America outta their socks . Being a true rifle base too long for the cartridge I'll have lots of OAL to play with and should I feel the need for destruction of targets or myself those 500+ gr thrashers will fit . Those collar buttons ought to be able to be pushed pretty fast . I have 4 moulds to get started with 5 if you count the 454 RB .
I know there is a question to be asked here somewhere .
I have a 452-255 RF , 454424 , 457-340 RF and a PP 429421 that drops .448 . The bbl is ,knock on wood ,.452 so that would make pistol bullets the preferred but undersized or patched rifle bullets are on deck as well . I forgot about the 45-200 SWC RCBS.
Any suggestions for bullet of choice in a smokeless low pressure 45 cal rifle/pistol/rifle cartridge ?
Powder suggestions for the rifle beast to keep it in the under 30k regions .
As always this is a hunting tool first and fun/business second .
This is actually a thread about a rifle cartridge that originated in a pistol that I'm having a rifle assembled to shoot . Or something like that....
I've read a hand full of threads scattered far and thin that the 460 Smith and Wesson can be a real romper stomper in a 16-18" closed breach firearm . These seem to be typically done on Contender and Handy type rifles . I recently found the 45 Raptor . It is just a rimless 460 in a blown straight 308 case intended for the AR 10 platform .
Having a yen for a 45 cal all purpose ,and yenning for such a beast for several years ,like a decade , now seems like the perfect time for a new custom rifle .
I have a 1908 Oviedo SR with a really ugly bbl , all 29" of it, in 7*57 . It shoots factory ammo to about 12" and a couple of select hand loads to 3-4 and I got it out of a salvage bucket on its way to the crusher . The Boyd's prairie hunter stock was $60 and it has a decent trigger . The bbl should be on hand pretty quick and is in theory a "drop in" Sporter which means I'll have to move some stock wood but it should be minimal . I will mark it as a 45-60 Straight Rimless so as to remind myself and a future owner not to really lay the fire to it ...... I noted there is some 460 data that runs well into the low 50 kpsi range . I think that a 350 loafing along at nominal 45-70 16-1700 fps should knock most critters in North America outta their socks . Being a true rifle base too long for the cartridge I'll have lots of OAL to play with and should I feel the need for destruction of targets or myself those 500+ gr thrashers will fit . Those collar buttons ought to be able to be pushed pretty fast . I have 4 moulds to get started with 5 if you count the 454 RB .
I know there is a question to be asked here somewhere .
I have a 452-255 RF , 454424 , 457-340 RF and a PP 429421 that drops .448 . The bbl is ,knock on wood ,.452 so that would make pistol bullets the preferred but undersized or patched rifle bullets are on deck as well . I forgot about the 45-200 SWC RCBS.
Any suggestions for bullet of choice in a smokeless low pressure 45 cal rifle/pistol/rifle cartridge ?
Powder suggestions for the rifle beast to keep it in the under 30k regions .
As always this is a hunting tool first and fun/business second .
