IM just curious,give me your opinions, likes and dislikes on,in my opinion on a great cartridge, the 460 weatherby

Awsome round, you'll get a lot of its too fast bla bla bla. Idle it down to Lott speed if you like. Its the choice of rifle that makes this one.

You can search this forum (or the African Big Game Hunting forum) for numerous discussions on this round.

IMO, in a properly stocked rifle of adequate mass with the right bullet, it should take care of anything you might want to hunt (at factory velocities).

There's no point in getting a .460Wby. unless you're going to run it full-throttle.

George

The 460's really fun to shoot. Destroys or goes through whatever you shoot it at. I don't hunt, so the criticism of it being too fast for most bullets doesn't matter. Also draws quite a few people's attention at the range. In about a week, I'm heading to the range with it and some other guns. The only range around my school that allows big bores is an indoor range, so we'll see how loud the 460 really is

I have owned two, a MK V and a custom on a magnum Mauser type action which I still have. I load to about 2300 and it is a great round. Low pressures at that velocity. If I had it to do over I would have built a 450 Rigby or whatever you want to call the 416 Rigby necked to .458, but I built this rifle 25 years ago and at that time Rigby brass was worth its wieght in gold, while 460 brass and dies were relatively cheap.

I agree with some of the opinions here i own three weatherby mark V rifles and the largest is the 416 weatherby, im thinking about getting the weatherby DGR in 460 weatherby, my 416 wby is a excellant cartridge, great long range and stopping power.

I'm with congomike...go with the 450 Rigby. After doing some research on it that is going to be my next rifle build.

Woody

I think that the .460 WM is a great round. I have used it on cape buffalo, water buffalo and several scrub bulls in Austrailia. Shooting 500 grain Swift A-frames at about 2500-2550 FPS has been a great combination for me. Just this past July I used the .460 WM to take two elephant with Barnes solids. Both were body shots and penetration was to the off side. I read alot of negative comments about the Mark V and the .460 WM round but I have had good success with it.

Alot of the negative comments are people who just make up BS about weatherby...

I agree with WLA. Anytime you have a cartridge that shoots a quality 500 grain bullet bullet at 2500 fps with moderate pressures you have a great cartridge. The choice of rifles is up to the individual but the cartridge won't let you down if you do your part.
Take care,
Dave

I am glad to see that not everyone is bashing Weatherby's. I own 2 460's. One is a Mark 5 , and the other is the DGR model. I like both and have shot them for several years. Some people really hate them. It does not appear that there is much middle ground on these guns. People either love em or hate em.

I like it enough to turn a perfactly good 458 Lott into a 460 Whby.......I have a personal theory that dangerous game should be hit first shot with at least 4000 ft. lbs. ...I feel it is the Max smash in a highly porteble platform that will also be quick and nimble at Very close range......with a 400 gr .mono metal high bc expanding bullet I should be able to get 4000 ft lbs @ 350 yrds... I prefer belted cartridges and it has been there done that for a long time...

I have a new to me 460 coming. I have a 378 wby, but this will be my 1st adventure with a true big bore.

A 450 grain x bullet moving near 2700 fps or a 500 grain solid at 2600 fps from a 49 year old cartridge still stacks up pretty well against anything else.

Hey Keith, how is the recoil on the 460? Are you a linebacker or heavyweight type?

The dictionary doesn't contain the word deader!...not even deadest.

But if you look up the word EGO, there's a picture of a 460 Wby cartridge there.

biggest piece of crap i ever owned was a 460. sorry guys who like them, but mine was junk

Shootaway, I'll let you know how the recoil is in a week when it gets here.
Light Heavyweight here, 175 lbs of muscle, guts, and speed, (mostly gut...I should be a super middleweight!) My 378 doesn't have a brake, and it's quite a step up in recoil vs my 375 h&h. There has to be a reason why you can't purchase the 460 without a brake. Weatherby's web site says 99 ft lbs of recoil shooting a 500 grain bullet without the accubrake on. It shows the 378 shooting a 270 grain bullet at 71 lbs without a brake. With the accubrake the 460 is supposedly reduced to 46 lbs. I think I'll shoot it with the brake on.

Keith, I have shot the 460 both ways, and either is manageable. It smacks you pretty good without the brake. Especially with the older 500grn bullets at 2700 ft/sec. The brake on is definately more comfortable.