weatherby .460 mag
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Heard of this gun, but that’s all. What’s the primary use for a calibre of this size? Just curious, I really am not looking for anything indepth. Thanks. Lee
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|> Heard of this gun, but that’s all. What’s the primary use for a calibre |> of this size? Just curious, I really am not looking for anything |> indepth. Dangerous game at contact distances. — Michael Brady
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>Heard of this gun, but that’s all. What’s the primary use for a calibre >of this size? Just curious, I really am not looking for anything >indepth. >Thanks. >Lee >lkibler
King Kong? Godzilla? T-Rex? Actually, the caliber was developed for african big game. Primarily the big cats and cape buffalo. I remember as a kid we always got the weatherby catalog which I found fascinating. I seem to remember reading about the .458 weatherby mag. Do I remember this right, or am I thinking of the .460? Anyone remember? Is it still made? Pete
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After you go to a local sporting shop that carries ammo for this monster, you will quickly see that the cartridge is not really designed as a domestic hunting cartridge (although it could be used). This thing is huge! The .460 Weatherby Magnum generates something on the order of 8000 ft/pounds of energy at the muzzle. Compare this to the .458 Winchester Magnum (used for dangerous game in Africa) at about 5000 ft/pounds, you can see that there is incredible power delivered here. NOT your average deer gun. For those not so familiar with muzzle energy, here’s a quick and simple explanation: The .460 Weatherby with 8000 foot/pounds of muzzle energy means that if all of the stored energy that the bullet is carrying as it leaves the muzzle were transferred to a 4 ton block of concrete (in a perfect environment), the bullet would be able to move the block of concrete 1 foot distance. That’s 4 TONs folks. Here is the formula for the above calculation: (Bear with me cause I am not absolutely sure of velocity) ((V^2 (velocity squared) * Bg (Bullet Weight in grains)) / 225218) / 2 so: 2700 fps squared * 500 grains = 3645000000 and: 3645000000 / 225218 (this is a constant for MASS INERTIA) = 16184.xx so: 16184 / 2 = 8092 foot/pounds Incredible power. Hope it answered your question! -> Phil
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The .460, along with such classics as the .470 Nitro Express, are mainly intended for African big game, Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo (although I’d just as soon use a well placed .30/06), and the big antelope. It is on the verge of being too much gun. If going on safari I would much rather use a .375 H&H Mag. Enough power for just about any situation, and you’ll still be able to see straight after five quick shots.
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> Heard of this gun, but that’s all. What’s the primary use for a calibre > of this size? Just curious, I really am not looking for anything > indepth. > Thanks. > Lee
The .460 Weatherby is primarily for large/dangerous game (elephant, cape buffalo, lion, grizzly).
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>Heard of this gun, but that’s all. What’s the primary use for a calibre >of this size? Just curious, I really am not looking for anything >indepth. >Thanks. >Lee
seems the .460 is a glorified version of the .458 Win Mag … a bit faster and a lot harder in recoil — consider the .458 Lott — I’ve personally seem it perform on a Cape Buff (not a happy one either) and the Lott stopped the charge — only problem is brass has to fireformed piece by piece — still a heck of a lot cheaper than Roy Weatherby’s high priced spread though …. Huntzall
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>seems the .460 is a glorified version of the .458 Win Mag … a bit
faster and a lot harder in recoil — consider the .458 Lott — I’ve >personally seem it perform on a Cape Buff (not a happy one either) and
the Lott stopped the charge — only problem is brass has to fireformed >piece by piece — still a heck of a lot cheaper than Roy Weatherby’s
high priced spread though …. > Huntzall
I believe that A-Square is now making .458 Lott brass and loaded ammo.
