Backyardsniper
AH elite
You have all seen several different posts from me on my quest to find a rifle and load that suits me for my upcoming hunt. I believe we have arrived at the rifle, which is the weatherby 460. I just made a trade on a second one since my first didn't have Iron sights, which I am gonna have installed but I wanted a second rifle for spare parts and just because it has a synthetic stock, and in this particular deal I picked up a newer model mark v with iron sights and a bunch of factory ammo. I now have FL and neck sizing dies, 120pc of brass and approx 120 factory rounds. Two complete rifles and a spare stock. One rifle with Pendleton dekicker and one rifle with removeable accubrake.
Anyway on to the point here. The reason I like the 460 so much is its versatility. I have hand loads that will run a 300gr barnes at 3150fps and absolutely stack them at 100yds, factory ammo with 450gr barnes at 2600fps, handloads with 500gr woodleigh and swift A frames at 2450. I bought some woodleigh hydro solids for the elephant, haven't worked on them yet.
The 300gr will make a sweet plains game load although if a 300gr 375 will kill a buffalo at 2550fps wouldn't a 300gr 458 do it at 3150fps? I see no need to drive a 500gr bullet at 2600fps and I probably won't run the factory ammo on the hunt, unless it's really accurate. What combination of bullet and speed would you recommend to be the most versatile for a do it all .458 diameter load? The 500gr at 2450 is quite manageable and I think would be a good choice but I'm curious about a lighter bullet with more hydrostatic shock. A 300 or 350 gr Barnes at +/-3000fps has got to produce some serious damage and with it being a solid copper should hold together. A 450gr in the 2550-2600fps? Or load it all the way down and shoot the traditional Lott/win mag 2200-2250 fps with a 500gr.
In my opinion that is one of the real beauties of this cartridge. Along with the single stack feeding and the 60° bolt throw which is fast and so far has produced no malfunctions. We shall see because its gonna get plenty more range time. I plan to run some drills tomorrow as a matter of fact.
Anyway on to the point here. The reason I like the 460 so much is its versatility. I have hand loads that will run a 300gr barnes at 3150fps and absolutely stack them at 100yds, factory ammo with 450gr barnes at 2600fps, handloads with 500gr woodleigh and swift A frames at 2450. I bought some woodleigh hydro solids for the elephant, haven't worked on them yet.
The 300gr will make a sweet plains game load although if a 300gr 375 will kill a buffalo at 2550fps wouldn't a 300gr 458 do it at 3150fps? I see no need to drive a 500gr bullet at 2600fps and I probably won't run the factory ammo on the hunt, unless it's really accurate. What combination of bullet and speed would you recommend to be the most versatile for a do it all .458 diameter load? The 500gr at 2450 is quite manageable and I think would be a good choice but I'm curious about a lighter bullet with more hydrostatic shock. A 300 or 350 gr Barnes at +/-3000fps has got to produce some serious damage and with it being a solid copper should hold together. A 450gr in the 2550-2600fps? Or load it all the way down and shoot the traditional Lott/win mag 2200-2250 fps with a 500gr.
In my opinion that is one of the real beauties of this cartridge. Along with the single stack feeding and the 60° bolt throw which is fast and so far has produced no malfunctions. We shall see because its gonna get plenty more range time. I plan to run some drills tomorrow as a matter of fact.
