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.460 .460 WEATHERBY MAGNUM Bullet Diameter .458” (11.6mm) 458 WIN MAG – 500 GRAIN Common Reference 458 Caliber Trophy Bonded Bear Claw BC: 0.282 Developed 1957 Produced 1959 ENERGY FOOT LBS DROP IN INCHES max Case LEngth 2.913” DISTANCE VELOCITY 450 NITRO EXPRESS – 480 GRAIN VELOCITY Hornady DGS BC: 0.285 458 LOTT – 500 GRAIN Hornady DGS 0 - 2090 4849 BC: 0.295 100 4.5 1822 3684 ENERGY FOOT LBS FPS 200 0 1580 2773 DROP IN INCHES 460 WBY – 300 -18.5 1369 2080 500 GRAIN RN-EX 400 -55.8 1198 1594 DISTANCE VELOCITY ENERGY FOOT LBS BC: 0.287 DROP IN INCHES 500 -117.5 1076 1285 DISTANCE VELOCITY 0 - 2150 4926 100 4.2 1879 3762 ENERGY FOOT LBS DROP IN INCHES Roy Weatherby 200 0 1633 2842 believed that it 0 - 2300 5873 was necessary 300 -17.3 1415 2134 DISTANCE VELOCITY to provide 100 3.5 2028 4567 400 -52.1 1234 1623 hunters a 200 0 1755 3506 Weatherby 500 -109.7 1101 1292 cartridge that 300 -14.6 1548 2665 could be used 0 - 2600 7504 400 -43.8 1349 2020 to hunt African 100 2.6 2301 5917 500 -92.2 1188 1567 ACTUAL SIZE dangerous 200 0 2022 5877 2.913” game in the countries which 300 -11.1 1764 4539 had legislated against hunting 400 -33.5 1533 3456 with sub-.40 500 -71.1 1333 2608 caliber rifles. The wide, deep wounding of the .460 ensures clean killing within the shortest possible time.