hello all. My gun dealer ia about to place an order for a Steyr HS460 for me, along with this rifle i have instructed him to order me 100 cases of .460. my question is, does anyone know what head the 460 steyr uses on this cartridge. someone said to me that it is a 416 rigby??? please, if anyone can be of assistance please let me know. i believe that the .460 cartridge utilizes a 600 degol head? i would like to find the eqivelent "commercial" head so i can buy it in my country and avoid the possible high price and difficulty getting the propriery steyr .460 head. thanks for your time.
Well I purchased some bullets from AAA and have yet to load them but they gave me the load data. While I was there I picked up some of their cosmetic blems cheep just to check out my new .460. I went to the range to accuracy test & chronograph their loads. Now I also have a Barrett 99 50 BMG and let me tell you this .460 is NEAT! The rounds I got from them was from a contract run and they loaded them to 3000 FPS and the first 3 shots were 3003, 3005, 3005 FPS then I went for a five shot accuracy at 200 yards after I got the scope zeroed and the group was .063". THIS GUN DOES NOT KICK! I am very impressed but I wish ammo was cheaper but after you have the brass it is a little cheaper to load this round than the 50 BMG. Doug
Tungsten bullets are mentioned in the URL in post #2. Interesting factoid regarding tungsten bullets: any metal slivers remaining in the body are highly carcinogenic, demonstrated on lab rodents.
A friend of mine who lives in France has a .460 Steyr and has asked me to help him find the reloading data for the .460 Steyr. He is looking for any and all details for handloading the .460 Steyr from the case dimensions, bullet weights, powder type, amount of powder, primer type, etc. Any information that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, [email protected]
Technical specs for the 460 Steyr. Look at loads for the 416 Rigby, that's a starting point. If that doesn't work, I'd look at reloading a very, very, very light .50 BMG load - back off 20% or more. If you get a squib, you can knock the bullet out. You can always increase the charge, overcharging is not something I even want to get near! 460steyr primer .315" neckwidth 0.501" cartridge dimensions 11.6x90mm bevelheight 0.252" stemheight .164" rimwidth .805" bodyheight 2.800" bodywidth .805" shortname .460 Steyr" shoulderheight 3.060" neckheight 3.540" bulletvelocity 3000" shoulderwidth .720" stemwidth .683" bulletdiameter .458" topwidth .501" rimheight .089"
ETH77, Thanks for the info on the case dimesions. I'd really like to hear if anyone has actually loaded and fired ammo for the .460 Steyr and find out what components they used for the reloads. Thanks again, powellsm
is anyone from Australia, i am having problems trying to source projectiles for the 460 steyr. What is everyone here using ?
