Field report for the 460WBY and the 375H&H

[Tj_farmer]

Thinking of keeping your 460 then?

 

[Backyardsniper]

No doubt. Called weatherby custom shop today to order the +1 bottom metal. $230 for the ability to have 3 in the mag. Also talked to my gunsmith and I'm.goin to have a barrel band sling swivel put on as well as a front sight to go with my aperture sight that mounts on the picatinny rail.

 

[Forrest Halley]

With a DR from the prone position.

By the second shot isn't that where most of us would be anyhow?

 

[CoElkHunter]

By the second shot isn't that where most of us would be anyhow?

Ha! Ha! But no shooting while laying on your back!

 

[Backyardsniper]

Thinking of keeping your 460 then?

100% I'm a 460wby guy all the way now. I mean why shoot anything else when you can swing the BIG HAMMER. Ha ha.

 

[CoElkHunter]

100% I'm a 460wby guy all the way now. I mean why shoot anything else when you can swing the BIG HAMMER. Ha ha.

Are you able to load the .460 down a bit for practice or not for fear of hangfires?

 

[TTundra]

Are you able to load the .460 down a bit for practice or not for fear of hangfires?

A few loads for 400s and 500s in the 2025-2050 range are easy to load up.

 

[Backyardsniper]

I'm running just a touch above the minimum load which is getting me around 2410fps. I have found that load to be pretty reasonable on recoil and I think its the load I'll hunt with too. I mean if 2400fps with a 500gr bullet ain't gonna get it done nothing is. I've manged hits as far out as 400yds so far. Not trying to shoot a buffalo at 400yds but you know " aim small miss small".

 

[CoElkHunter]

I'm running just a touch above the minimum load which is getting me around 2410fps. I have found that load to be pretty reasonable on recoil and I think its the load I'll hunt with too. I mean if 2400fps with a 500gr bullet ain't gonna get it done nothing is. I've manged hits as far out as 400yds so far. Not trying to shoot a buffalo at 400yds but you know " aim small miss small".

Nice. The reason I asked about the reduced loads in the .460 and other large bottleneck cases, is I've read where they are subject to hangfires with reduced loads, as opposed to straight walled large capacity cases like the Lott where that isn't an issue?

 

[Backyardsniper]

I have some 525 gr lead slugs and I would like to work up some reduced loads for fun. Those would be all kinds of fun

 

[Forrest Halley]

Ha! Ha! But no shooting while laying on your back!

I got to defend myself...the squirrel has a skateboard!

100% I'm a 460wby guy all the way now. I mean why shoot anything else when you can swing the BIG HAMMER. Ha ha.

We'll see in six months where you're at. Do keep us appraised of your practice and field use.

 

[calling4life]

Load a 300gr Barnes TSX in that at like 3300fps and shoot one of those does, I'd love to hear about the results.

Should be good for coyotes too.

And better yet, use the 300gr TSX they made for the 4570 with the larger hollow point, that should really make a mess out of a coyote.

 

[Forrest Halley]

The above is the approximate external ballistics of your experiment. That .45/70 (.163 BC)bullet has such a low BC that it pisses away energy like gasoline leaks out of a Dixie cup. Wow what a beautiful muzzle blast and Lord help anything thin skinned that got hit with it.

This is the .458 socom tac tx bullet which is .236 vs. .234 of the 300 grain flat base spitzer tsx.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I can shoot that son of a bitch prone, sitting, upside down, anyway you want me to. You just have to put your purse down.

@Backyardsniper
Does that mean you can still keep your frilly pink knickers on if you put your handbag down.

 

[Forrest Halley]

I can shoot that son of a bitch prone, sitting, upside down, anyway you want me to. You just have to put your purse down.

Judging by the loving and adoring moniker which you have given your rifle, it's a real peach to shoot. Personally I'd like to see the upside down shooting. I'm pretty sure they aren't going to like you firing a cannon while dangling from the local monkey bars. That muzzle is slapping into the dirt so hard.

 

[Bert the Turtle]

A few loads for 400s and 500s in the 2025-2050 range are easy to load up.

Got to love that the reduced load is basically a 404!

 

[Bert the Turtle]

I have some 525 gr lead slugs and I would like to work up some reduced loads for fun. Those would be all kinds of fun

Two words: Trail Boss.

A quite mild load would still give you better than 460 S&W performance. There’s something delightful about the big rifles shooting these kinds of loads. On the one end, it’s like shooting a cap gun. On the other end, it’s like an absurdly overpowered hunting handgun.

 

[Backyardsniper]

I have been keeping an eye out for some trail boss. I would love to get my hands on some of that to run those big cast bullets with. That would be some fun right there.

 

[calling4life]

Matt's bullets has a 730gr wide flat nose for the .458s, it would be neat to see how fast that 460 could push that bullet.

The 458s already have big sectional densities, that 730 is almost a 500 sectional density, would be another interesting experiment, maybe see if you can line 3 does up end to end and put it through all.