WEATHERBY460
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I just got a 14" Smith & Wesson 460. I plan to hunt large deer and bear with it. What scopes will hold up to the recoil, and what do you recommended for factory ammo? Thanks
Scope and hunting ammo for 460 S&W?
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I have a Burris 2-7 on an Encore 15" that kicks like no other hand gun I 've ever shot. On sand bags it sheared off the forearm screws, Is that tough enough? That was with Hornady ammo.
I have a Nikon on my 454 Casull revolver but they do not make them anymore. For a handgun you are stuck with Burris or Leupold. I have used Burris and have never had an issue, I just bought a 460 and put an Ultrdot Match dot on it for now. That will do out to a 100 yards but eventually I will put a Burris handgun scope on it so I can get out to 200 yards. As for ammo, I was able to find some Hornady but have not shot it yet. I have my first set of handloads ready to go with Barnes bullets.
Gunin4m
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Something to be aware of on the Burris handgun scopes; the eye relief changes when you change the power/magnification. The Leupold's eye relief stays constant throughout the power/magnification range.
K9TXS
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This is very true. I have a Burris and wish I would have bought the Leupold.
I bought the Burris since it had a higher power up to 12. I leave mine set on 7 for all shots now.
Buy the Leupold if you plan on doing very much power adjustment.
Mark Hampton
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I just acquired the 10.5" 460 VXR. Mounted a Leupold 2.5-8x. Will be testing several loads including Hornady Handgun Hunter ammo, FTX, and a couple of Federal Premium offerings with Barnes and Swift A-Frames. Plan on taking this rig to Alaska in June for black bear. Good luck with your 460.
SDPlinker
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Never tried the Burris but I have 5 Leupolds on pistols. I run the 4x28s on .44 mag .357 and .22 and 2.5x8x32 on .454 and .500, never a problem except. I purchased a silver one for my .500 and there was a tiny spec of silver something on the inside of the eye piece. Sent it back to Leupold and they cleaned and sent back, runs like a champ. The only Leupold I ever had to send back!
Peter K
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I run a 2.5x8 Leupold on my 7.5" 460 and am very happy with it!
WYO300RUM
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I had a Burris 2x7 with illuminated reticle on my 8 in. S&W 460 for many years until a few months ago. I put a Sig Romeo 5 red dot on it that I took off an AR. As Gunin4m said, the power changes eye relief. I didn't like to pull it closer to my face on 7 power.
I like how the Sig is motion activated. Nice incase of grizzley incounter. I had a Burris 1 to 4 power Burris on my Ruger Super Redhawk 454 Casull. I took it off also and use open sights on it now. I've shot 350 gr. Beartooth loads thru both. Never a problem with either Burris scope or their rifle scopes. Same with Leupold .
I like how the Sig is motion activated. Nice incase of grizzley incounter. I had a Burris 1 to 4 power Burris on my Ruger Super Redhawk 454 Casull. I took it off also and use open sights on it now. I've shot 350 gr. Beartooth loads thru both. Never a problem with either Burris scope or their rifle scopes. Same with Leupold .
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iShoot17
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I rock a 2.5x8 Leupold on my 14" Performance Center 460. I bought the setup used for a great price and the scope has been more than adequate for all my needs! If (when) I get a PC 500, I'll go the same route as the set up on the 460.
Flintlock
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What Mark said. Leupold would be my first choice. I had one by MGM, 15" Encore bull barrel with break and it trashed a Simmons 2x6 pistol scope. It was an older scope. I went to a 4x Leupold for a while and then found a UltraDot Match on this sight and installed it. It was a great dot scope and good out to 100 yards for the hunting I did. It never lost zero after about 300 rounds of Barnes 200 grn XPB's and a stiff load of H110. I never shot any heavier bullets after getting a 1" group with the Barnes and taking two hogs and a deer with it.
Burris is a good scope and exceptional warranty. Good luck.
Mike
Burris is a good scope and exceptional warranty. Good luck.
Mike
WYO300RUM
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I have a 20 in. 460 Encore barrel that is brutal. I was thinking of having a 24 in. 460 MGM barrel with brake made. I was following the late great Jerry/JE Custom and he had an MGM barrel that he started off at 27 in. and cut down inch at a time to see what length was most efficient . He stopped at 24 in.. he made his own muzzle brake for it that reduced recoil by 52% if I remember correctly. I was going to buy a brake from him and have the MGM barrel made at 24 in.. He has been greatly missed by all since passed away.
Consider Magna Porting, I had my Freedom Arms model 83 in 454 Casull Magnum Ported and it did wonders for the recoil
WYO300RUM
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I had thought of it. I didn't want to do anything to it because I wanted a longer barrel .I had a Magnabrake made for a 300 RUM 26 in. sporter barrel . It cut recoil by 40% . I just did a build on MGM site to see how much $ it would be for a 460 barrel. M/L contour or full 1 in. bull only for .452 dia. I used M/L .875 dia.. 27 in. W/integral brake. Gives 25 in. of barrel. Same as my 6.5 PRC barrel but it's 1 in. Full bull. Spiral fluting took 6 oz. Off the beast. Did bead blasted stainless . A 5 in. four hole picatinney rail. Came to $555.... My other barrel was $550 in 2018. Can't complain. Did fluting later.
