460 Rowland. Performance and Availability

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I'm considering trading in my old Dan Wesson Stainless .357 Magnum for one of the new Dan Wesson stainless revolvers in .460 Rowland (also takes .45 ACP, .45 Super, .45 Win Mag, and .45 Auto Rimmed). I like the thought of using +P .45 ACP for my nightstand gun and the .460 Rowland for backup situations while hunting.

The questions I have are what kind of performance does the .460 give as far as energy on target (I've found velocity specs, but no energy figures) and who (if anybody) produces factory loads for these.

Also, any info on where I could find a set of reloading dies would also be appreciated (Or can you use normal .45 ACP dies.).
 
Since the DW chambers the 45 Win Mag and most of us refer to a gun by the largest cartridge it chambers - I don't known why they call this gun a 460 Roland. It should be called a 45 Win Mag revolver. Back to the point - Use the 45 Win Mag, the 45 Roland makes no sense in this gun. 45 Win Mag - the most power and accuracy, 45 ACP - low recoil and wide ammo selection.

Just my O

Elliot
 
Mr. uknowhu not disrespect intended but a number of your recent posts make no sense at all. The poster wants to know about the 460 Roland revolver.

You start off by comparing a 454 against a 30-30. Then you jump to some magic pewter bullet. Your high speed pewter bullets will NOT penetrate at all. I hope your pewter bullets have a lot of lube left on them because Mr. Bear is going to shove those 165 grain bullets up your behind.

Elliot
 
Mr. uknowhu the composition of Pewter is 91% tin, 7% antimony and 2% coppper. The alloy you use - 90% tin and 10% lead is called cheap tin.
 
.460 Rowland ballistics are almost identical to .44 Magnum. The only factory ammo I've seen is made by Georgia Arms. It's fun to shoot in a semi-auto, but you can do the same thing with any good-quality .44 Mag revolver. No need for .45 Win Mag- it's hard to find factory ammo for, too.
 
Rocklobster, the advantage of the 45s in the DW gun is that you can use moon clips for competitive shooting.

Elliot
 
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