Was internet surfing and noticed this bullet.. further inquiries seem to point to this being avail on the 1911 platform. anyone have one? if so how's it shoot and where did you find it? I have checked all the sites I found in 2 hours and was unable to find one, just a kit to convert. It said once converted you can still shoot the 45 in it as normal as well as the 460 Rowland?
Also indicated used same reloading dies as the 45...
Ballistic performance
Bullet weight/type Velocity Energy
185 gr (12.0 g) JHP 1,425 ft/s (434 m/s) 834 ft-lbf (1,131 J)
230 gr (15 g) JHP 1,250 ft/s (380 m/s) 798 ft-lbf (1,082 J)
230 gr (15 g) FMJ 1,250 ft/s (380 m/s) 798 ft-lbf (1,082 J)
255 gr (16.5 g) Bonded Core HP 1,100 ft/s (340 m/s) 685 ft-lbf
45ACP
Ballistic performance
Bullet weight/type Velocity Energy
165 gr (10.7 g) Federal Premium Low Recoil JHP 1,060 ft/s (320 m/s) 412 ft-lbf (559 J)
185 GR [2] Bonded Defense 1,225 ft/s (373 m/s) 616 ft-lbf (835 J)
200 gr (13 g) Speer Gold Dot JHP +P 1,080 ft/s (330 m/s) 518 ft-lbf (702 J)
230 gr (15 g) Federal Hydra-Shok 900 ft/s (270 m/s) 414 ft-lbf (
In my experience with the .460 Rowland, it is about equal to a .44 mag in power.
I built a 1911 for it a couple years ago, but after exactly 242 rounds I decided it was beating the crap out of a perfectly good 1911 frame. so I pulled the barrel/bushing/guide kit and fit a new .wilson .45 barrel to it and sold off the kit.
For a hunting 1911 that really only gets fired during hunting season it is perfect. For a range gun, not so much. constant shooting of full house .460 will do doubt destroy a 1911 frame in short order. I was 242 rounds in and already had a flattened ejector and dinged dust cover.
The bonus to the kit though is.. You can handload the .460 brass with .45ACP load data and use a lighter recoil spring for range use, then when its time to hunt you simply stuff your 10 grains of longshot under a 230 gr XTP, and put the 24# recoil spring back in there and go kill a deer or pig with it.
It is a great round, with alot of power.
JLA is right... the 1911 .45ACP isn't built to take the bamming and slamming of the .460.
The inventor was at our range a couple years ago... He had modified a Mac 10 to his caliber... Very Impressive... it was solid and heavy, but I've no idea how this would hold up to constant shooting... WhoWeeee...... but what a hoot to shoot on FA... Damn!