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>Power Pistol is what I have seen used for 45 Super and 460 Rowland loads online.

yes, I tried power pistol and seems to work fine and it gives a nice big fireball out the muzzle :-)

With a 185gr Golden Sabre over 13.0gr of Longshot I get these chrono numbers out of a compensated Gov't model: 1510, 1484, 1473, 1506, 1499 fps

Its a small sample size, but that gives me an average of 1494.4fps with a power factor of 276

Cabela's has Longshot on sale for 19.99 per pound, so I am going to give this powder a try since that's what most published loads use.

I chronographed a few rounds of the Georgia 185gr load yesterday and got these numbers:

1554, 1544, 1550, 1543, 1555

That gives an IPSC power factor of about 288 :-)

The Corbon 185gr load gives: 1443, 1443, 1461, 1447fps

The 255gr Corbon load gave me 1099 and 1118fps.

>I prefer Longshot and/or AA#7 powders for heavy reloads and use 185gr. Golden Saber bullets
>for pig hunting.

how well have the Golden Sabre's worked? I've purchased some to try out, though I've also loaded 265gr Cast Performance for hunting.

yes, that 24lb spring is a bit of a challenge.

I've read that the .45 XTPs aren't up to the speed that they will come out of the 460 (figure ~1350fps) since they were designed for .45ACP at < 1000fps, but I have know first-hand evidence of this.

I load Rem golden sabres and Cast Performance 265gr hard cast. I haven't chronographed them yet. I've tried HS-6, Blue Dot, and Power Pistol. My preferred powder is SR 4759.

let us know what you think of it once you've fired a few rounds :-)

>Give up as in my Springfield loaded 5" stainless has over $400 of work done by Actions by T that
>I won't mess with. My Champion is one that they no longer offer the kit for and it runs too good as
>it is. I can't see installing one on my Kimber Eclipse Pro II. And if a frame is going to take a beating,
>better a <$500 Taurus than a more expensive model.

understood.
I built mine from a bare frame, so that wasn't an issue for me.

>I've always checked back periodically to Clark's site, but I never wanted to give up one of
>my Springfields or my Kimber to use for the .460.

'give up' as in having the frame machined for a ramped barrel, or something else?


> Plus, I would probably buy at least 100rds of each of the Georgia Arms loads

Corbon is now making 3 different loads in 460 Rowland now too.


> shooting 185gr Nosler JHP at 1550fps might not be an ideal carry gun.

agreed. I built mine for hunting. It is said that you can fire regular .45ACP rounds in it (though they have to be hot to cycle that 24lb recoil spring) and I have done it, but I think it stretches the brass a bit, so I don't do that. If I want ligher loads, I load 45ACP +P or 45 Super data in the 460 Rowland brass.

Anyone else here besides me reload (and shoot) the 460 Rowland? For those that haven't heard about it, its essentially a stretched/strengthened .45acp case that allows for rather hot ballistics.

http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/rowland.htm
http://www.realguns.com/archives/106.htm