2400 and my .460 encore

[georgeinohio]

hi guys , brand new here thought i would say howdy  and ask a general  question

i recently got the 15 inch .460 s-w  barrel for my encore , and not having a lot of experiance with pistol cartridges i started looking for data .none of my manuals have much data for the .460
so i looked online and found   lots of data for powders such as 110  lil gun and related powders
 but one thing i didnt find was data for  good old reliable easy to find everyone has it  ,  2400 

 is there something i am missing here  ....  2400  just seems to  be nearly perfect  for general use in the .460 

[quickdtoo]

The Alliant website is down right now, but they listed 2400 for the 460S&W in their 2011 reloader's guide, it's a big file at 9.62Mb, so I can't attach it.

Tim

http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloaders/default.aspx

                      460 S&W Mag
250 gr Speer GDHP Power Pistol Fed 210 Hornady 2.090" 21.0 1514
250 gr Speer GDHP 2400 Fed 210 Hornady 2.090" 31.0 1553
260 gr Speer HP Power Pro 300MP Fed 210 Federal 2.090˝ 36.0 1835
300 gr Speer UCSP Power Pro 300MP Fed210 Federal 2.170˝ 28.0 1610
300 gr Speer UCSP Power Pistol Fed 210 Hornady 2.170" 20.0 1359
300 gr Speer UCSP 2400 Fed 210 Hornady 2.170" 30.0 1551
300 gr Speer GDHP Power Pro 300MP Fed 210 Federal 2.150˝ 38.0 1930
300 gr Speer GDHP Power Pistol Fed 210 Hornady 2.150" 24.0 1525
300 gr Speer GDHP 2400 Fed 210 Hornady 2.150" 36.0 1782

[Grumulkin]

That's an approximately 1.5 inch 200 yard group out of my Encore 460 S&W Magnum handgun using Hornady 250 gr. SST/ML bullets.  It is a hot load giving a muzzle velocity of about 2,350 fps out of a braked 15 inch barrel.  Pressure is probably a little over 60,000 psi (the Encore is rated for 65,000 psi) and I only get 3 or 4 loadings out of a case before I have to toss them.  The load is not something I would publish on the internet but if PM me I would give it to you.

[georgeinohio]

thank you guys ,  im glad to see  that i wasnt wrong in thinking  2400 would be a good choice .
 just that the lack of data kinda threw me for a loop  ..  i was thinking i had missed something  and that there was actualy something 2400 didnt work in ...

 grumulkin ,  thank  you sir for the offer  but i have a feeling  im going to quit long long before i reach the velocities  your at  ,  i'm hoping to get aceptable acuracy somewhere  around  1500-1600 fps