.460 S&W trajectory info needed

[windago]

I've got a new 15" .460 S&W barrel I plan on hunting with this weekend in Michigan.
I'll be going to the local range on Friday to shoot the beast for the first time and to zero it in for the hunt on Saturday.
My problem is that the local range is only 100 yards long and all the data on the web talks about 200 yard zeroing.

I'll be starting at the 50 yard line and will eventually end up at the 100 yard line. 
Anyone have any info they could share with me about how low I should be shooting at 50 so that I'm dead nuts at 100 yards?
With the irons that's about as far out as I'm comfortable shooting at an animal for a clean shot.

I plan on shooting Hornady 200 grain FTX bullets.

[Grumulkin]

First of all, forget all the data on the web on 200 yard zeroing.  In my opinion, the 460 S&W Mag. should be zeroed at 100 yards because that's the furthest most semiproficient handgunners would be comfortable shooting at and with a lot of loads, the accuracy beyond that range is insufficient in my opinion for hunting purposes.  Also, take along a box with a target on it or something so you can initially shoot a lot closer than 50 yards for your sighting in.  It's entirely possible to completely miss a 50 yard target with a handgun when sighting it in.

I don't shoot Hornady FTX bullets in mine but I would hazard an educated guess that if you were right on at 50 yards you would probably be 2 or 3 inches low at 100 yards.  I do know that with mine sighted in to be dead on at 100 yards with a full house load and 250 gr. Hornady SST/ML bullets, the drop from 100 to 200 yards is about 7.5 inches.

By the way, my avatar shows me with my 15 in. 460 S&W and a Klipspringer I took with it in South Africa at a range of about 180 yards.

[Lone Star]

If you are worried about missing the target frame at 50 yards, bore sight your barrel!  Place the barrel - open on the frame or off - on sandbags and align it so that when looking through the bore a target at 100 yards is centered.  Now adjust the sights until the sights point to the center of the target with the target still centered in the bore.  Done correctly you will be on the target frame at 50 yards, and may even be close to target center at 100.  Saves a lot of time and ammo by doing this simple task.....



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[valvesinmyhead]

This might help.


Name: Hornady 460 S&W 200gr FTX
Ballistic Coeff: 0.140
Bullet Weight: 200
Velocity: 2200
Target Distance: 100
Scope Height: 1.500
Temperature: 70
Altitude: 500

Ballistic Data
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  Range  Elevation  Velocity   Energy     ETA         Drop      Max Y  10mph Wind Deflect
  0 yds   -1.50 in  2200 fps  2149 fpe  0.000 sec    0.00 in  -1.50 in    0.00 in
 25 yds   -0.28 in  2064 fps  1891 fpe  0.035 sec    0.23 in  -0.54 in    0.20 in
 50 yds    0.43 in  1932 fps  1657 fpe  0.072 sec    0.97 in  -0.34 in    0.76 in
 75 yds    0.56 in  1806 fps  1448 fpe  0.113 sec    2.30 in   0.02 in    1.83 in
100 yds    0.00 in  1686 fps  1263 fpe  0.156 sec    4.31 in   0.58 in    3.46 in
125 yds   -1.32 in  1573 fps  1099 fpe  0.202 sec    7.08 in   1.39 in    5.58 in
150 yds   -3.48 in  1466 fps   954 fpe  0.251 sec   10.69 in   2.47 in    8.21 in
175 yds   -6.69 in  1369 fps   832 fpe  0.304 sec   15.36 in   3.90 in   11.55 in
200 yds  -11.08 in  1281 fps   728 fpe  0.361 sec   21.20 in   5.74 in   15.55 in
225 yds  -16.79 in  1203 fps   642 fpe  0.421 sec   28.36 in   8.03 in   20.17 in
250 yds  -24.04 in  1137 fps   574 fpe  0.486 sec   37.06 in  10.86 in   25.47 in
275 yds  -32.97 in  1082 fps   520 fpe  0.553 sec   47.45 in  14.28 in   31.38 in
300 yds  -43.75 in  1037 fps   478 fpe  0.624 sec   59.68 in  18.33 in   37.85 in
325 yds  -56.52 in   999 fps   444 fpe  0.698 sec   73.90 in  23.07 in   44.83 in
350 yds  -71.27 in   967 fps   415 fpe  0.774 sec   90.10 in  28.52 in   52.23 in
375 yds  -88.30 in   937 fps   390 fpe  0.853 sec  108.58 in  34.77 in   60.14 in
400 yds -107.55 in   911 fps   369 fpe  0.934 sec  129.28 in  41.82 in   68.42 in
425 yds -129.13 in   887 fps   349 fpe  1.017 sec  152.32 in  49.72 in   77.08 in
450 yds -153.26 in   864 fps   332 fpe  1.103 sec  177.91 in  58.54 in   86.15 in
475 yds -180.11 in   843 fps   315 fpe  1.191 sec  206.21 in  68.37 in   95.66 in
500 yds -209.68 in   823 fps   301 fpe  1.281 sec  237.23 in  79.20 in  105.53 in
525 yds -241.98 in   804 fps   287 fpe  1.373 sec  270.98 in  91.07 in  115.71 in
550 yds -277.29 in   785 fps   274 fpe  1.468 sec  307.74 in 104.06 in  126.28 in
575 yds -315.89 in   768 fps   262 fpe  1.564 sec  347.79 in 118.30 in  137.29 in
600 yds -357.92 in   751 fps   250 fpe  1.663 sec  391.28 in 133.85 in  148.74 in
625 yds -403.44 in   734 fps   239 fpe  1.765 sec  438.25 in 150.74 in  160.58 in
650 yds -452.47 in   718 fps   229 fpe  1.868 sec  488.73 in 169.00 in  172.78 in
675 yds -505.06 in   703 fps   219 fpe  1.973 sec  542.77 in 188.64 in  185.30 in
700 yds -561.39 in   688 fps   210 fpe  2.081 sec  600.56 in 209.77 in  198.17 in
725 yds -622.18 in   673 fps   201 fpe  2.191 sec  662.79 in 232.63 in  211.55 in
750 yds -687.54 in   659 fps   193 fpe  2.304 sec  729.61 in 257.29 in  225.43 in
775 yds -757.55 in   645 fps   185 fpe  2.419 sec  801.07 in 283.81 in  239.76 in
800 yds -832.28 in   631 fps   177 fpe  2.537 sec  877.25 in 312.21 in  254.51 in

[Redhawk1]

First of all, forget all the data on the web on 200 yard zeroing.  In my opinion, the 460 S&W Mag. should be zeroed at 100 yards because that's the furthest most semiproficient handgunners would be comfortable shooting at and with a lot of loads, the accuracy beyond that range is insufficient in my opinion for hunting purposes.  Also, take along a box with a target on it or something so you can initially shoot a lot closer than 50 yards for your sighting in.  It's entirely possible to completely miss a 50 yard target with a handgun when sighting it in.

I don't shoot Hornady FTX bullets in mine but I would hazard an educated guess that if you were right on at 50 yards you would probably be 2 or 3 inches low at 100 yards.  I do know that with mine sighted in to be dead on at 100 yards with a full house load and 250 gr. Hornady SST/ML bullets, the drop from 100 to 200 yards is about 7.5 inches.

By the way, my avatar shows me with my 15 in. 460 S&W and a Klipspringer I took with it in South Africa at a range of about 180 yards.

I second this post. My 460 is zeroed at 100 yards, at 150 yards I am about 3 inch low. That is the max I will shoot with it. I practice at that range with it. All of my other handguns are sighted dead on at 50 yards. I try not to make shots over that, but then again I shoot my handguns out to 100 yards, so I know where they are at.

If you want to shoot over 100 yards, I say anyone trying it, needs to practice at that range with a handgun. Also have a good rest.