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On the left is a 400 grain Speer. On the right is a 500 grain Hornady DGX.



Shot some loads Sunday evening with IMR 4064 and the Speer 400 grain bullet. Going to go out and try the best shooting one soon. It is 101.0 grains of IMR 4064 and a CCI 250 mag primer. Average velocity for 3 shots was 2497 fps.

What model of rifle, and how much did it hurt?

Ouch!!

That Speer is gonna kaboom a jackrabbit.

i have one of those 460's in my cartridge collection. it looks like an artillery shell. i couldn't imagine shooting it would be much fun.

Very nice. I have been wanting to play with one of these. How is the recoil? One of these days, I will run across one at the right price and snag it.

It's a Weatherby Mark V Custom.

Gunner,it should fling some skin.

As far as the recoil,it is not bad. It has a Pendleton muzzle brake and that helps. I don't load it to the gills,just where it has the accuracy and velocity I want.

The rifle.

Ten years back I went onto a sporting goods store in Reno, Nevada. On the shelf was a like new Weatherby rifle in 460. Included was a box of eighteen cartridges and two spent shells. While I’d heard this is the norm, however this is the one time I’ve seen it.

The 460 has the same powder capacity as the 416 rigby and the relatively new 450 rigby. The 460 could be loaded down to those pressure levels. Less pain, more gain.

Did Weatherby ever make them without the built in brake? There was one on here I inquired about but to get rid of the brake, the barrel had to be cut to 22".

I paid a dollar to shoot a .460, sans scope, many years ago. Worst dollar I ever spent.

I'm a nicer guy than that and never charge anyone to shoot my big guns. I usually just tell my friends, "hey, I'm having a hard time zeroing this. Will you shoot it?" and never mention that it's a .404 or Rigby or whatever.

AFAIK,all .460's came with a muzzle brake.

I have two 500 grain bullet loads for my .460.

1) 87.0 grains AA-4064,500 grain Hornady DGX,Fed 215 mag primer. That load is averaging 2070 fps ie .458 Win mag velocities.

2) 95.0 grains Var-Get,500 grain Hornady DGX,Fed 215 mag primer. This load is averaging 2316 fps i.e. top end .458 Lott velocities.

If I was a real man, I'd get me one of those, load it with a 350 grainer to 3000 fps and go elk hunting. Just kidding, no harm meant. Anything that regularly takes over 80 grains of powder is too much fun for me. But I'd really like to see it in action.

I have shot the 350 grainer at 3000 fps. The bolt knob pounds the first knuckle on my trigger finger. If shot enough (more than 3 rounds) it will draw blood.

The 400 grain at 2500 fps is good enough.

I bet it does draw blood. At my advanced age I've gotten used to both my retinas. If I had your rifle I'd have a brake that would make an Abrams tank weep with jealousy. And I'd wear a outfit like that Nazi gun crew on the Guns of Navarone when on the bench...

I like this guy!

It has a brake. The recoil is not that bad and I wear a PAST Mag recoil pad while shooting off the bench.

I have no problems using it hunting.