Guns.com Reported: The .45 Raptor is one beast of a cartridge. Designed by Arne Brennan, the .45 Raptor is new cartridge that replicates .460 S&W Magnum performance in a package tailor-made for semi-automatic rifles. When fired from a rifle-length barrel the ballistics put other big-bore cartridges to shame, including .450 Bushmaster, .458 SOCOM and even .50 Beowulf.
The .45 Raptor can be loaded with a wide range of bullet weights, from 160 grains at the light end of the scale all the way up to 395 grains at speeds up to 3,000 feet per second. Depending on the load that translates to in the neighborhood of 3,150 foot-pounds of force to upwards of 3,500 foot pounds.
This is clearly a powerhouse of a hunting cartridge. Even at 200 yards you’re looking at projectile energies around 1,500 foot-pounds. Early load development suggests that the .45 Raptor is capable of 1- to 2-MOA accuracy.
Another impressive aspect about .45 Raptor is how flat-shooting it is. At 200 yards there is only about 5 inches of deviation in the bullet’s trajectory, up and down. So not only is it hard-hitting, it’s fast and easy to get on target with no real need to adjust for elevation or hold-over in the field.
While .460 S&W Magnum is a tremendous round, like most rimmed cartridges it doesn’t lend itself to semi-automatic guns. Brennan’s solution: redesign the head to match .308 Winchester dimensions. The round can be reloaded using .460 S&W Mag. dies and a .308 Win. shell holder.
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