Range Report .460 Rowland

[LR-WSM]

A friend of mine has a conversion for his M&P .45 on the way and I was wondering if anyone here had experience with this round. The claims and stats given on the website seem like a dramatic upgrade over the .45 and all with a 1/16" longer case. The kit comes with. Barrel, guide rod, spring and 100 cases.

http://460rowland.com/#

 

[pwc001]

Re: .460 Rowland

It is very snappy, I turned my Springer 1911 45, into a 460. Makes a nice hog gun. It will also run 45acp ammo just fine, and with the heavy spring, there is hardly any recall. I know nothing about the XD conversion though.

 

[LR-WSM]

Re: .460 Rowland

pwc, Is that safe? What do you do about the headspace with the .45apc round, the case is 1/16" shorter. The case is supposed to headspace off of the mouth rim of the cartridge.

Be carefull and thanks for the feedback.

 

[flyboy]

Re: .460 Rowland

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LR-WSM</div><div class="ubbcode-body">pwc, Is that safe? What do you do about the headspace with the .45apc round, the case is 1/16" shorter. The case is supposed to headspace off of the mouth rim of the cartridge.

Be carefull and thanks for the feedback. </div></div>

Just for clarification, it talkes about the successful use of 45acp in the 460 Rowland on there homepage. So I fugure similar to using 40s&w in a 10mm, it uses the extracter for "headspacing".

 

[bohem]

Re: .460 Rowland

It's very hard on extractors, but otherwise it is mostly safe. You won't get a blowup from running a 40 in a 10mm chamber but you will eventually break the extractor. That could potentially send pieces flying.

 

[pwc001]

Re: .460 Rowland

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: flyboy</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LR-WSM</div><div class="ubbcode-body">pwc, Is that safe? What do you do about the headspace with the .45apc round, the case is 1/16" shorter. The case is supposed to headspace off of the mouth rim of the cartridge.

Be carefull and thanks for the feedback. </div></div>

Just for clarification, it talkes about the successful use of 45acp in the 460 Rowland on there homepage. So I fugure similar to using 40s&w in a 10mm, it uses the extracter for "headspacing". </div></div>

Sorry, I should have clearified, it does headspace off of the extractor, but that is not a big deal to me. This is not a gun I shoot a lot.

 

[LR-WSM]

Re: .460 Rowland

Thanks guys, cant wait to run a few rounds through it.