460 Rowland – .44 Magnum Performance from a 1911 Platform.
Just learned about a new wildcat cartridge. The 460 Rowland cartridge gives better than .44 magnum performance by switching the barrel, guide rod, and spring on a standard 1911 pistol. Felt recoil is similar to regular .45 Auto, but, due to the compensator, directly back instead of twisting up. The case, made by Starline, is 1/16″ longer than a .45 Auto case, to prevent chambering it in a regular 1911. Can be reloaded with standard .45 Auto dies.
A $300 drop-in conversion kit is available from Clark Custom Guns
Press release: http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/460press.htm
Conversion kit order page with links to reloading data: http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/rowland.htm
Demo video: http://www.gunsandgears.tv/movie1.php?file=460_demo.flv
Guns and Gears Television promises a .460 Rowland carbine soon: http://www.gunsandgears.tv/
Photo below from This Real Guns article.
I like the idea, but I’d be afraid to try it with my own M1911–I suspect that it might be a bit much for a ninety year old frame.
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