Hi friends! I'm the proud owner of a Weatherby Mk V cal. 460 Weatherby Magnum rifle. I mounted a leupold aim-point and a 4.5x-scope. The rifle has a very large custom stock which is comparable to the coil-chek stock of A-Square. This helped to cut perceived recoil.

I'll test the gun in Namibia within the next ten months. Handloads with 450gr X-Bullets are my choice for ammo. Kudu, Zebra and Gemsbok are the targets.

Is there anyone who used the .460 for hunting? I'm very interested in brief field reports about the performance of this caliber or any other info related to .460!!

I wish you a loud "Weidmannsheil" from Germany! Keep your powder dry!!

Hi,
As long as you can handle the recoil it should kill game like the hammer of Thor! My uncle has both a .378 and a .460 weatherby and they are both accurate and have enough power for anything alive. The weight of the 460 can be an issue if you plan to do much stalking and don't have a nice wide sling. The X bullet should give enough penetration to kill your kudu and zebra with a single shot! As long as you place te shot, Weidmannsdank the only thing to say as I don't see much of a tracking job being needed.

hi boghossian, thanks for your reply! i was very satisfied with the .378 wby.! i shot some kudu, gemsbok, zebra and warthog with it. the 300gr nosler partition and x-bullets were perfect. the main advantage of a .460 will be the larger blood trail.

sometimes i go out for stalking several hours. then i prefer indeed a "light" rifle, i.e. a .338 win. mag. or a .375 h+h mag.

gru� aus deutschland!

bbrman,
I've had a ton of fun with the .460 Wby. I carried one (a rather pimped out LazerMark) for about a year as a back up rifle for my boar guiding business here in California. Of course I don't need a gun that large but it's fun to play with. On the pigs I had great luck with the 300 gr. X. If you hit them just right you can get a little "hang time".

It's a heck of winner on our ground squirrels too!

My rifle would group almost every bullet I tried under a minute (3 shots) from the 300 gr. X to the 500gr. softs and solids. It really shot the GS solids well but I couldn't get them to feed.

I did get to try it on a buff in Zim last summer. It made a relatively clean 2-shot kill using a 450gr. Swift followed by a 450gr. Barnes solid.

When crawling through the brush trying to finish off wounded boar I found it to be less than perfect as snap shots can be painful if you don't hold the gun perfectly (I never injured myself but I felt I wasn't always as quick as I needed to be). Also I hated wearing out a gun that "pretty" on daily use and switched to a stainless .375 H&H.

I'm moving back up though, a month ago I promoted myself to a .416 Rem. so at this rate I may have to drag out the .460 again someday.

For plains game in Namibia this past April I was glad to have a .340 Wby. (in a Sako 75) instead of the .460. Those long shots with the .460 would get a little old, but knock yourself out (not literally ).

Take care,
Kyler

Hi Kyler, thanks for your interesting reply! I hunt wild boar here in Germany. When I have to follow a wounded boar I use either a .44 Mag. revolver (in thick brush) or a 12 gauge shot gun loaded with slugs.

The .460 will be my choice for Namibia. My father is farmer near Okahandja and used the .340 Wby. Mag. for some years. He was always satisfied with the performance.

I'll go out for boar hunting in two hours. A double rifle cal. 9.3x74R is my choice for tonight.

Kind regards,
Sebastian Lubig