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According to SAAMI the pressure for the 454 Casull which requires a small rifle primer for ignition are similar to that of the 300 Weatherby Magnum rifle cartridge. Finally getting a chance to test the effects of barrel length on the velocity of the 454 Casull is something I have always wanted to do. Chronograph Data Here.
In ballistics the 454 is pretty far ahead of the 50... Typical 454 = 260 gr @ 1800 fps = 1811 fpe. Typical 50 = 300 gr @ 1380 fps = 1228 fpe. They are both the king of there own realm. The 50 is the king of Autos and the Casull the king of Revolvers. Both really have no purpose except hunting bear or making small to medium cars blow up.
CB. As mentioned in the previous post, the 454 is much more powerful than the 44 mag. That said, the 44 mag will handle anything that a pistol is 'supposed' to handle with the right loads. And like CB said, a heavier gun at the end of a day is a heavier gun (and may actually get left behind in the first place).
The OP asked about .460 in a .454 and received his answer. From actual experience shooting one, a .460 is effective for deer--not so much because of the energy but it is near the head of the pack in flat trajectory for revolvers which takes range guessing out of the equation at all reasonable pistol distances.
Posts: 261. .454 Casull is cheaper and also will kill anything your looking to mess up. But it just Seems more safer and cooler to have a .500 Smith & Wesson. But still both rounds would kill the same amout, just the .500S&W would do it better. But since the .454 Casull is cheaper and Can kill just as much.
Location: NH. Posts: 141. I have tried most of the factory loads, the hornady 300 gr XTP's are the hottest, I can attest to this but for deer hunting the 250 gr Partiongold Winchesters where great shooters and still are a lot hotter than any 45 LC, I have also reloaded the 454 Casull and noticed the WW296/H110 seemed to be the best powders for ...
Plus the .454 Slug (at .452" diameter) has 11% more frontal area than the .429" diameter 44 Magnum slug and approximately 17% more mass (given the same shaped slug). The difference between the .480 and the 454 is likewise impressive. 10.4% more frontal area and 16% more mass. But the 480 Ruger actually has less power than the .454 Casull.
Both revolvers were fitted with full underlug barrels, 6" and 4" respectively. The .500 with full-power Buffalo Bore ammo lifted as much in recoil as the Ruger Super Redhawk in .454 Casull with Winchester ammo. However, the .500 did not have the sudden and painful torque of the .454 Casull. The full-power .475 loads were even easier to shoot ...
The difference between, say, the .44 mag and the .454 is much more. And the .460 is a wee bit louder than the .454. The XVR is compensated which adds to its "boom" factor. The Redhawk is not, so I'd expect it would be quieter and have the same or even possibly a little more recoil than the .460 being its not compensated.
I've had my .454 Casull Rossi 92 for a couple of years now and I've been very happy with it. Generally I load either 11 grains of Unique or 30 grains of IMR4227, both using my own cast RCBS 45-270-SAA bullets in Casull brass. I've got a few test loads using some commercial 325 grain gas checked bullets.