Diana RWS 460 Magnum

Shoot med to heavy pellets 16 grain and up.

Absolutely-Head Shots. Practice using eggs to represent a Head-Shot.

The 460 is a heavy rifle, i hate to add another pound to pound and half to my 460. so i bought a Williams FP AG TK #14170 Rear Aperture Sight, I mounted this rear sight on the Dovetail as far back right up against the scope stop screw, this greatly increased the Sight Radius, and i have several apertures to swap out for different styles of shooting, this sight works well for distance shooting, then paint the front sight with gunsight paint.

I have a RWS 48/52. The csope is a Simmons 4x12 40mm scope designed for airguns.....I would only use one designed for air guns...the recoil vectors are tougher on the scope than magnum cartridges.Go with the single mount. I originally had a two piece and the scope loosened after 8-10 shots.

Mine ate the RWS 6X after 200 shots. Bought a Hawk 3X9AO and it's still going strong and the milldot crosshairs work great. Try a Hawk. The RWS mounts are good also.

The UTG True Strength series scopes reviewed well for magnum spring guns. The RWS 6x that came with my rifle is still working well also. For mounts, the Hawk 1-piece mount with rings is very solid.

I have a Leapers Bug Buster 3-9x on mine with the utg to6 mount and after locking everything in place with clear nail polish it has held zero and been a joy to shoot for close to 2000 rds

The .22 460 has less than half of the kickback of my old Crosman Phantom .177 springer. The 460 also shoots much smoother than my old Phantom. On a scale of 1-10, I would give my old Phantom a 10 and the 460 a 4 or 5.

The .22 460 is the smoothest springer I have ever shot. On a scale of 1 - 10 for recoil shock, I would put it at around 3. For a comparison, I would put my .177 Phantom springer at around 8. My .177 Phantom is also louder. I also find that I do not have to use the artillery hold like I do on the Phantom. I hold it like a PCP or firearm.

Depending on the rifle you currently have the RWS 460 may have the same or more recoil but it may be smoother shooting because of the precision construction. Break barrel or fixed barrel doesn't really affect the amount of recoil felt by the shooter. I have This RWS 460 and a Hatsan 125 which are both magnum spring guns. They will have more recoil than lesser powered guns but the RWS cocks smoother and is less noisy to shoot than the Hatsan. The only other choice you have to get less recoil with the same power would be a PCP gun.

I think this gun has less recoil and way more power than the Beeman I had, This gun is a sum .

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I think it is fairly straight forward to load and isn't bad at all. While a tad slower than loading a springer, it is much faster than trying to load my .22 Discovery with a scope mounted. I fumble around with the Disco whereas with the 460 one just pushes the pellet into the breech. Unlike the Disco, there is plenty of room in the breech for loading.

I like they way the 460 loads. I have a .177 break barrel and also a .22 Disco. I can load the 460 in the same amount of time that it takes me to load the break barrel. The slowest gun to load is my .22 Disco with a scope mounted. The reason there is because even with high scope mounts, and the very short bolt action travel distance, it's a tight place to get a pellet into the Disco. As other folks have noted, once you do it a few times, it's just fine, just different. One hint is to load it with the barrel pointed up. The pellet goes in better since there is much less "fumbling" That technique also works well on the Disco with the scope mounted.

I have an under lever Browning leverage, and it takes about 10 shots to develop a "style" of loading. Once you get the hang, its as easy as can be.

for accuracy at distance DONT GO BY FPS Maximum FPS, If you want accuracy with a skirted pellet, you need to pick the weight of the pellet to match a particular speed that is accurate for that SKIRTED PELLET. If you try and push a SKIRTED PELLET too fast, it WILL NOT BE AT MAXIMUM ACCURACY. I would say a JSB 18.1 would get you in a Good Ball park as this would slow the Skirted Pellet down to where it can have Potential to be more accurate at distance. Speed vs Accuracy is a Fine Line with Skirted Pellets. Now if we are talking about a gun that can shoot Slugs (NO SKIRT) then that is a different story all together.

Here are some Chrony numbers for my new 460 with only around 50-100 shots. Benjamin 14.3g HPs lead 890 FPS for 25.1 FPE; RWS Superdomes lead 14.5g 883 FPS for 25.1 FPE; H&N Barracuda Match lead 21.14g 669 FPS for 21.1 FPE. I have not Chrony's the 19.1g H&N hunter pellets yet. I have also shot H&N Barracuda Greens and Gammo PBA (both lead free), but the Chrony doesn't work at the indoor pellet range due to the fluorescent lighting. The 460 see,s to shoot all the pellets well - not fussy.

My brand new .22 RWS 460 out of the box using Benjamin 14.3g hollow points is getting 890 FPS for a FPE of 25. For a comparison, my .22 Discovery is getting around 815 FPS for around 23 FPE. Neither gun likes pointed pellets. To date, I have found that I really like the Benjamin HPs. They are basically a round nose with a nick out of the front that makes them a hollow point. I am still breaking-in the 460 - it has only around 50 shots to date.

Forgot to answer the second question regarding the pellets. I have had the best accuracy with JSB Diabolo jumbo heavy 18.1 gr. and Beeman Kodiak 21.1 gr. pellets.

The FPS rating is usually done with lighter alloy pellets which has been stated in many gun reviews. Usually lead pellets in the average weight ranges for given calibers are about 200 FPS less. Hatsan is one of the only ones that give FPS ratings using lead pellets to my knowledge.

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shooting the 460 using SKIRTED Pellets the heavier JSB 18.1 Skirted pellets since being heavy slow the shot down to the point of the Pellet Maximizing accuracy, If you try to shoot a Lighter pellet out to say 50 yards or Further, the pellet will be travelling to fast for it to be consistently accurate out to further distances, above say 850fps accuracy goes down hill on a skirted pellet.

I am using JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13 grain. I am target shooting at 20 yards and the 460 shoots the Jumbos with surgical precision. The day I received my rifle I sighted in my scope with 3 shots and proceeded to pound 20 rounds into a quarter inch group. I hope the picture comes through, you will see two pieces of brown tape from sighting in, and a 1/4 inch jagged hole. I do not have a chronograph so I can't comment on speed or energy, I can say with authority that the JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13 grain pellets are extremely accurate on paper, and I think they will also have the same performance with pest control. One other thing that I would like to comment on, out of all the .22 cal magnum springer and gas piston powered air rifles that I have owned, the RWS 460 has the least hold sensitivity I have ever experienced. You get what you pay for, and the RWS 460 is worth every penny and then some!

Diablo exact jumbo heavy 18.13 grain worked best in my rifle.

Hi,personally I will always shoot RWS pellets for my RWS rifles,I have 4 RWS guns they are superb german engineering and the pellets match the same quality.Mike

you ask Faster FPS. This is a BIG Rookie Mistake to get caught up in this, as it has Zero meaning. If you have a gun that can shoot 1100 fps, and you dont Match a HEAVY pellet to that FAST FPS, it will be a Very INACCURATE gun. Why? when Shooting SKIRTED PELLETS, they become VERY INACCURATE above 850fps, so you need to match the Skirted pellets weight to get the FPS Under that 850fps so that the Rifle will Become Accurate out to distance.

alloy pellet like the GTO pellet would be faster. But Honestly Faster might be fun, But above 850fps accuracy with a skirted pellet drops Really fast at Distance. I shoot JSB 18.1 pellets as they are the right weight to slow the SKIRTED PELLET down enough for it to be accurate at distance and enough weight to still have a high FPE out at a distance.

The trigger is the great T06 and it is adjustable. However, I found that the factory setting for me is just great, so I have not made any adjustments. I have the .22 and it's mainly a squirrel rifle, so I only use lead pellets and I want the speed to be under the speed of sound for accuracy reasons. For long shots, like 30-50 yards, if a supersonic speed pellet is fired, at those ranges, the pellet eventually becomes subsonic, and then the shock wave catches up to it, and puts a wobble and/or affects the spin, so accuracy suffers. If you are going to shoot mainly at targets, let's say in a 50 foot range, then supersonic pellet accuracy should not be an issue, since the pellet will hit the target while it is still supersonic and before the shock wave gets there. If you are using the rifle for hunting, then what you need to look at is FPE (Foot Pound Energy). The .22 460 is around a 22-25 FPE at the muzzle rifle, which will put around 15 FPE on a game target at 50 yards, more than what one needs for squirrels, rabbits, etc. As for warranty, all Diana RWS guns sold in the USA come with a limited lifetime warranty to the original owner. The warranty is handled by Diana's USA importer and distributor, UMAREX.

Question 2: The breech on the 460 is a self adjusting breech. When closed, the pressure on the seal is less than what one would see on a break barrel. As the piston comes forward, it makes a tighter seal. So basically, the breech seals will last much longer in the 460 than in a typical break barrel.

I haven't had any breach seal issues to the best of my knowledge but the rifle is a little challenging to load in dim light. If I don't get 'em with the first shot, it can take a while to load a 2nd when I am shooting tree rats and other food stealing varmints at night. But the power is superb and ample for taking down most medium to small sized rats, possums and raccoons in a single shot. Nothing worse than having to euthanize a wounded spaseming fellow mammal, no matter how irritating they are. So I've really come to appreciate the power and accurate sighting on the rifle. I have not mounted a scope and don't think I need to. Even shooting with a handheld, under-barrel flashlight at night, the rifle just seems to to hit the target with wonderful precision.

I am also a left handed shooter and have the RWS 460 Magnum in .22 cal. It is a Very Nice gun! As a left and only have it available in a right handed shooter Meaning that there is a raised cheek swell for right handed only is not a real big deal as i shoot it left handed and dont use the cheek piece I recently bought a scope for it and now shoot it right handed with the scope and leave both eye open it works really well that way. I would not let being a lefty make your decision for you, as it is a easily adapted rifle and a fine shooter

Yes, it does. I'm not sure how comfortable it would feel for the lefty's.

On a scale of 1 - 10 for loudness, I would put the .22 460 at around 3 or 4. For comparison, I would put my .177 Crosman Phantom at around 7 and my .22 Benjamin Discovery at 10 (around 115 dB).

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I'd give'r a 6

I'd say its about a [5]. It's loud for a spring piston air gun but nowhere near as loud as a rifle shooting .22LR since a .22LR breaks the sound barrier.

The "crack" or "pop" sound is certainly obvious and can be compared to the discharging of a live .22cal short or long cartridge on some level. The echoing sound or loudness of the RWS 460, when fired, is relevant to the environment you are in. Longevity? Well I couldn't say. I have used my RWS 460 just about every day since December 2012 to reduce the problematic furry rodent population (squirrels) that continue to destroy my little investment called "home" and the RWS 460 has performed well with just a wipe down and barrel cleaning. I've put approximately 225 GAMO Master Point .22cal 16.20gr through it.

I answered the .22LR part in your other question. Regarding how long it will last? Many 10's of thousands of pellets with proper maintenance. You might need to get the piston seal replaced at some point, and possibly the spring. But those are not things you need worry about for many, many years.

Ya gotta buy both guns. While it is probably possible to change barrels, it is not an easy or expedient task. Do you have the tools to do such a change? This is not a break barrel rifle so there is much more to changing the barrel than just the pivot pin since there is none. Way more trouble that it would be worth. Besides it would be way more cool to have two gorgeous rifles than just one.

The RWS 460 Magnum is not made in .25 caliber.

I recently purchased this RWS 460 and it has the T06 trigger in it. I'm not 100% sure but I thought I read somewhere that the earlier models did not have it. I shot it out of the box & the setting was pretty good for me so I didn't need to make any further adjustments.

The 460 magnum is the hardest to cock outa my 50 or so springers. Mine is tuned with Vortek PG2 kit and its 60 lbs to cock. I am telling the truth and not complaining. I used a bathroom scale to check it. 36 lbs is a lie. This is the most powerful and accurate of all magnum Diana springers and worth the effort. If you think I am nuts test it for yourself. A 350 magnum is a piece of cake to cock in comparison. I have four 350 mags so I know what I am talking about.

The 460 Magnum has a higher cocking effort. The 350 has a 33 pound coking effort, whereas the 460 Magnum has a 36 pound cocking effort. However, I do find the underleaver easier to cock and cycle, better leverage. If possible, I would highly recommend trying one out before purchasing though. Some may still find it hard to cock.

My rifle has the T06 trigger. I recently bought my 460 here & the trigger out of the box was just right for me.

The RWS 460 Magnum .22 cal- 1150 FPS w/Lead Pellets is in stock

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No, that's the typical fps out of these guns. Although 850 seems about 30-50 fps slow for this gun....try some different pellets.....different weights....etc. Remember typically when they state velocities, they do them with the lightest pellets available.

I have a 3 inch group at 110 yards. with a table and a pillow no gun rest. This gun will reach out and touch someone. I have a 4x12x50 if I had a bigger scope I know my groups would be tighter. very impressed! My farthest kill is 132 yards cat spun it 180 and dropped it. you don't have to wonder if u hit your target. has a loud thawhapp when u hit your prey.

I am doing 1/2 inch group with a RWS scope 4 X 12 at 35 yards 14.3 grain pellets,,,real accurate

It all depends on the shooter as far as accuracy goes. This rifle is capable of shooting 1" groups at 40 yds in a skilled shooters hands.

It weighs 8.3 pounds. Try some H&N pellets.

I regularly take out ground hogs with head shots between 125 to 150 ft with 1000 ft. per second rifles.

If that is the actual speed of the midwheight pellets, I would say with a head shot, yes.

At 200yds away, assuming you aren't shooting towards them, it's going to sound like a loud pop.

Yes, this RWS 460 Magnum comes with the T06.

Yes

This rifle is one of the highest quality rifles in the RWS line. Craftsmanship is excellent, the blue finish on the metal & the checkering & finish on the stock is flawless. I was very impressed when I got my rifle.

This gun is TOP of the line. It's a German air rifle built to last a lifetime . The craftsmanship they put into these gun be it in mechanic or woodwork is where you see the $$$ you're going to pay . Believe me unless you have money to throw away it is only due to excellence that they can ask $500 for an air rifle when you can get a rim fire for a 10th of that.

Yes I am very happy with this rifle. It is a great value for the sale price. Critters that are eating my garden this is your last warning!

I'd choose the RWS 54 over the RWS 460, Both are fine, powerful guns, that share the same negatives - heft and cocking effort - and they have the reputation of being scope killers. Because the RWS 54 is designed differently, you do not have to consider the artillery hold and it can be shot very accurately, much the same way that firearms are able to be fired. To shoot the RWS 460 accurately, you MUST use the artillery hold, which can be difficult for many people to master. This is the basic reason that I would choose the RWS 54!

i cannot address choice between 460 and 54, but with regards to recoil on 460, it's really not bad. the bigger limiting factor is the cocking effort, and in my opinion, if you can cock it all day, then you can shoot it all day. i put in sessions of a few hours at a time, and any muscle fatigue is due to the cocking effort, not the recoil.

All I know is that this rifle can hit soda cans at 75 yards- cal .22- on very windy days. As for recoill my 460 has less recoil than most break barrels as for the 54 which is mounted on a rail system its a question of having rws do a trial. the rws is a simple yet very ellegant rifle that shoot at 850+ fps cal .22 that gives you a big knock down capacity for hunting over 20+ foot pounds. If I had to choose 460 or 54 , the 460 is my bet : simple, elegant, accurate & powerfull. Almost forgot the 460 is an under lever way more easy to use than a side lever.

850fps for 14gr. pellets 765fps for 18gr pellets 18gr was most acc. in my gun

Check the GTA forums, lot of info there....I think it was around 950fps with standard weight pellets.

No this is an underlever rifle as described in the description. Thanks

No, this is an underlever air rifle. The barrel is fixed in place and the cocking lever is underneath the barrel. Underlever guns are known to be more accurate than break barrel due to the fact that the barrel is fixed and doesn't move.