Why do you want a 460 weatherby?

[TTSX]

Placement trumps caliber.

Bullets matter more than headstamps.

I saw a vid on YouTube of a guy shooting a white tail doe through the ribs with a 50 BMG and she took off running. I'll try to find it.

She ran but it opened up a flap on her side like unzipping a raincoat. Impressive to say the least. And not what I expected.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Here's my .460 Wby story.......

In the early '90s I worked the gun counter at Larry's in Oregon City. Someone traded in a Mark V chambered in .460 along with a box of ammo missing one single round. In hindsight, that single round should have been a huge red flag.

Fast forward a couple weekends, A bunch of us from the store are at Squaw Mt. behind Estacada for an afternoon of shooting. We brought along the Mark V for what we called "Test and Evaluation". Me, being the manly type, volunteered to try it first. I loaded up three rounds, aimed at a large stump, pulled the rifle in tight and touched it off.

Pain is sometimes described using the 1 to 10 scale with 1 being mild and 10 being unbearable. I would put the recoil impulse of that cartridge at about a high 6 to low 7. I had previously shot the .458 Win on another outing. Take that recoil and double it to get an idea of the .460.

After the intense pain in my shoulder subsided, I gave thumbs up to my co-workers and fired off the remaining two rounds. Two days later I had to go see a chiropractor.

There is a reason why professional hunters in Africa won't let their clients use it.


-E-

In the old Weatherby catalogs they showed the princess of Monaco blasting the big 5 with one no problems.. pre muzzle brake.
She weighed 90 lbs.

 

[coop44]

Placement trumps caliber.

Bullets matter more than headstamps.

I saw a vid on YouTube of a guy shooting a white tail doe through the ribs with a 50 BMG and she took off running. I'll try to find it.

Another "9mm can do everything" fella. Go with that.

 

[pharmseller]

Another "9mm can do everything" fella. Go with that.

Nope, not saying that at all.

Matter of fact, I read my own post like 6 times, didn't see what you said once.

Looky here:

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[41mag]

In careful review of all possible responses,
there is simply no way a 460 would make my life better.
Thanks for asking.

 

[titsonritz]

Why do you want a 460 weatherby?

I don't but I'll take a .458 Lott.

 

[orygun]

I'd like to shoot one, at least once, anyway.
No desire spend the money to do so, but I've always been intrigued.
I did buy a 375 Ruger "just because". Bought a S&W 500 for about the same reason, but neither of those required the financial investment of the Weatherby.