War and Military Atlas

How Battles Were Fought
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Weapons System

Smith & Wesson Model 460

Small Arms And Sidearms

The Smith & Wesson Model 460 is a large-bore, five-shot, single-action/double-action revolver made by Smith & Wesson in the United States, introduced in 2005 and still in production. Built on the same X-frame as the companys .50 caliber Model 500, it is chambered for the .460 S&W Magnum and can also fire .454 Casull, .45 Colt and .45 Schofield ammunition. It was designed as a hunting and dangerous-game defense revolver for use in places such as Africa and Alaska, and Smith & Wesson markets the Model 460 XVR as the highest-velocity production revolver and the most powerful .45 caliber production revolver in the world, reaching about 2,330 feet per second with a 200-grain bullet; it won the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence handgun of the year award the year it debuted. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
.50 caliber 1
Caliber
.460 S&W Magnum 2
Weapon Class
small arm 1
Introduced Year
2005 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Small Arm 1
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Smith & Wesson Model 460
  • Introduction/adoption year stated in the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Caliber attribute (smith-and-wesson-model-460)
    Built on the same X-frame as the companys .50 caliber Model 500, it is chambered for the .460 S&W Magnum and can also fire .454 Casull, .45 Colt and .45 Schofield ammunition.
View the Source
2. Wikidata: Smith & Wesson Model 460
Wikidata Q4353912, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.