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"If I had a .460 Weatherby...."

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03 August 2006, 19:44
stuntpilot2
"If I had a .460 Weatherby...."
quote:
Originally posted by Whitworth:
Stuntpilot2 -- sorry for the misidentification! It's a small picture! Beautiful nonetheless!

What kind of velocity could you get with the 600 grain bullets? I mean was case capacity limited a bunch by the bullet's length? Just curious.


No worries on the car ID. I bought the 328 precisely because it had the 308's classic lines.

You could safely get ~2500 fps with RL19 or H4831 under a 600g Barnes original in your 460WBY. The loads will be somewhat compressed.
17 August 2006, 02:54
Mike Birdwell
I own one, & I enjoy the smile it puts on my face when I touch it off! But then I enjoy even more to watch one of my buddies face when he touches it off. They are afraid it's going to hurt & it usually does. It's just mind over matter, Just roll when the recoil & enjoy! Wink


Whiskey for my men & beer for my horses
17 August 2006, 10:17
.366torque
While I don't buy into stereotyping Weatherby owners as arrogant, flashy and "boorishly ill mannered to common folk", ( I used to own a custom Weatherby) my dream rifle was a CRF 375 H&H. It was the first magnum cart I ever saw and shot. It was an uncle of a friend of my dad, who used it in Africa to take a Rhino.
20 August 2006, 06:22
Dr B
If I had a 460wby I would thank God that I wasn't stuck with a lott. The I would take it hunting.
Dr b
21 August 2006, 11:44
GS
What kind of extractors do Weatherby's have?
For that reason, I'd sell it, buy two CZ 550's in 458 Lott, a reloading press, brass, dies etc. and maybe a tag, or two.

GS
21 August 2006, 17:15
MLG
I have never particularly Weatherby rifles - to me they have always seemed like the ugly kid on the block.

But I am slowly changing the way I think about them. I would like to give a Weatherby Mk5 DGR in a sensible caliber a go.
21 August 2006, 23:53
DRS
quote:
Originally posted by Locoweed:
[Complete the sentence:] "If I had a .460 Weatherby I _______________ ."


Take it up to the rifle shooting range and see how many would shoot it. Big Grin


David