.460 Weatherby Magnum

The .460 Weatherby Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge, developed by Roy Weatherby in 1957. The cartridge is based on the .378 Weatherby Magnum necked up to accept the 11 mm caliber| bullet. The original .378 Weatherby Magnum parent case was inspired by the .416 Rigby. The .460 Weatherby Magnum was designed as an African dangerous game rifle cartridge for the hunting of heavy, thick skinned dangerous game.

Prior to the Weatherby's arrival, the .600 Nitro Express had been the most powerful cartridge but the .460 Weatherby Magnum eclipsed this, and was the world's most powerful commercially available sporting cartridge for 29 years until the advent of the .700 Nitro Express.

The .460 launches a bullet at a chronographed velocity of from a barrel, measuring of muzzle energy.

Cartridge history

Roy Weatherby had expected the .378 Weatherby Magnum to make some headway in the African continent but believed that his cartridge was being bypassed for low-velocity, big-bore cartridges by professional hunters who he felt were resistant to change. Furthermore, new regulations prohibiting the hunting of heavy, thick skinned, dangerous game with sub-.40 caliber (10.16 mm) cartridges were being enacted in some African countries. These regulations would essentially ban the use of all previous Weatherby cartridges for the hunting of elephant, African Cape buffalo and rhinoceros.

In response to these factors, Weatherby believed that it was necessary to provide hunters a Weatherby cartridge that could be used to hunt African dangerous game in the countries which had legislated against hunting with sub-.40 caliber rifles. He accomplished this by necking up the .378 Weatherby Magnum case to accept a .458 caliber bullet. He named the new cartridge the ".460 Weatherby Magnum". The first rifles for the .460 Weatherby Magnum were built on Brevex Magnum Mauser action. The Commission Internationale Permanente pour l'Epreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives (CIP) has also provided specifications for the cartridge to which all member states must comply when exporting, importing or manufacturing ammunition.

Cartridge design

The .460 Weatherby Magnum case uses a necked up .378 Weatherby Magnum case. Although the .378 Weatherby Magnum case was inspired by the .416 Rigby case, it is considered a unique case which has gone on to serve as the parent cartridge of several high performance cartridges. The .460 Weatherby Magnum requires a case with the large propellant capacity necessary to propel a bullet at . To accomplish this design goal, the cartridge case has a capacity able to hold 141.1 gr. of water (9.17 cm3). Frequently the powder charges for the .460 Weatherby Magnum can weigh well in excess of ; in comparison a powder charge for the .458 Winchester Magnum rarely weighs over .

The .460 Weatherby Magnum is designed to headspace on its belt. The close chamber tolerance of Weatherby rifles indicate that these rifles do indeed headspace on the belt rather than the shoulder, unlike most modern belted cartridges which headspace on the shoulder regardless of the belt; the few exceptions being the .375 H&H Magnum and the .300 H&H Magnum. SAAMI recommended chamber dimensional tolerance range does allow for the headspacing to take place on the shoulder if need be.

Cartridge dimensions and specifications

:700px|alt=460 Weatherby Magnum Cartridge Schematic|.460 Weatherby Magnum SAAMI cartridge dimensions - all dimensions in inches (mm)

:SAAMI compliant .460 Weatherby Magnum cartridge schematic: All dimensions in inches [millimeters].

Diagram reflects SAAMI dimensions for the .460 Weatherby Magnum. CIP dimensions for the r1 (inside shoulder radius), r2 (outside shoulder radius), L1 (height from base to shoulder), L2 (height from base to neck), S (shoulder angle intercepts the center line) and the α dimensional value (shoulder angle) conflict with SAAMI dimensions. This is due to how the L1 and L2 values are defined in relation to the centers of the r1 and r2 dimensional values by CIP. The following table provides the conflicting values provided by SAAMI and CIP.

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|+ Cartridge dimension and specification value conflicts between SAAMI and CIP

| style="background: #eeeeee" width="200pt" | Dimension / specification

| style="background: #eeeeee" width="180pt" | CIP dimension index

| style="background: #eeeeee" width="180pt" | SAAMI value Currently Weatherby provides of freebore for the .460 Weatherby in the Weatherby Mark V rifle. CIP recommends that rifling commence at from the case mouth reflecting the longer leade provided by Weatherby in the early 1960s. SAAMI recommends the present leade provided by Weatherby of .

Twist rate is given as 1 in 16 by Weatherby which would stabilize bullets up to and mono-metal bullets. Weatherby provides a six-groove contour No. 4 barrel for the .460 Weatherby Magnum. Ø land is given at and Ø groove is . The recommended land arc width by both SAAMI and CIP is .

Performance

The .460 Weatherby Magnum cartridge is very accurate despite its size. Weatherby guarantees a 1.5 MOA (44mm/100m) accuracy for this cartridge in a Weatherby rifle. Typically a full-metal-jacketed or monolithic solid type bullet will penetrate more than when impacting a dangerous game animal such as the Cape buffalo or African elephant. The .460 Weatherby Magnum has few peers for stopping dangerous African game.

thumb|left|alt=458 Win. Mag, 458 Lott & 460 Wby. Mag.|.458 Win. Mag., .458 Lott and a .460 Wby. Mag. for comparison

Compared to its contemporaries, the 460 Weatherby Magnum has more energy at 150 yards than the .458 Winchester Magnum does at the muzzle and at 100 yards more energy than the .458 Lott with factory ammunition. The .460 Weatherby Magnum provides a significant step up in performance over other production .458 caliber (11.6 mm) cartridges. The increased performance is realized in terms of both remaining energy and extended range.

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|+ Comparison of the factory loadings of the .458 Winchester Magnum, 458 Lott and the .460 Weatherby Magnum

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| style="background: #eeeeee"| Criteria

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| style="background: #eeeeee" rowspan="2" | .458 Lott Hornady DGS

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| style="background: #eeeeee" rowspan="2" | .460 Weatherby Magnum Hornady DGS

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400px|right|alt=Comparison of trajectories|Comparison of trajectories of the .375 H&H Magnum and the .460 Weatherby Magnum

400px|right|alt= Energy vs. Range Comparison|Energy vs. range comparison between the .375 H&H Magnum, .458 Winchester Magnum, .458 Lott and the .460 Weatherby Magnum

The .460 Weatherby Magnum, like the .375 H&H Magnum, is a relatively flat shooting cartridge. The maximum point blank range (MPBR) for the Weatherby load is . The Weatherby factory ammunition has a maximum point blank range of . These trajectories compare well with those of the .375 H&H Magnum. At Hornady's Interlock .375 H&H Magnum's bullet drops while Hornady's DGX bullet drops . In contrast the .460 Weatherby Magnum's (B460450TSX) drops and the (H460500FJ) drops . The .460 Weatherby Magnum, however, averages over 75% greater energy than the .375 H&H Magnum.

Compared to the more popular .458 Winchester Magnum and the .458 Lott, the .460 Weatherby Magnum provides a flatter trajectory, dropping less than at when sighted in at with the 450 gr. Barnes TSX Weatherby ammunition. With the FMJ or RN Weatherby ammunition bullet drop is at the same range. The .458 Winchester Magnum and the .458 Lott have a and MPBR respectively in comparison. The wide range of bullet weights available and the ability tailor the performance the .460 Weatherby Magnum gives the cartridge a performance envelope unmatched by most cartridges. The combination of velocity and bullets of very good sectional density contributes to the .460 Weatherby Magnum's excellent penetration on game provided the toughest bullets are employed for the task.

As with other most other cartridges, the Weatherby's performance with mono-metal bullets is slightly poorer than with conventional bullets. Mono-metal bullets tend to be longer for a given bullet weight than conventional lead core bullets. For this reason, the mono-metal bullets similar to the Barnes TSX may have to be seated more deeply into the case displacing volume which could be filled with the propellant. A loss of velocity of can be expected with these mono-metal bullets.

The performance level of the Weatherby cartridge comes at a cost: recoil. The recoil of the .460 Weatherby Magnum is severe. The cartridge generates close to of energy. This is in keeping with Newton's third law of motion: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. As performance levels rise, so does the recoil. Put into perspective the recoil of the .460 Weatherby is 120% greater than the .375 H&H Magnum, 50% greater than the .458 Winchester Magnum and 20% greater than the .458 Lott.

The .460 Weatherby Magnum compares well with the classic English big bore cartridges; it exceeds all these cartridges in velocity, energy, trajectory and penetration. Cartridges such as the .500 Jeffery, .500 Nitro Express, .505 Gibbs, .577 Nitro Express, .600 Nitro Express do however provide a larger diameter bullet while the latter two cartridges are also capable of launching heavier bullets than the .460 Weatherby Magnum. At present only the modern classic .700 Nitro Express exceeds the performance of the .460 Weatherby and then in only a single category: energy. Cartridges such as the .475 A&M Magnum, .500 A-Square, and the .550 Magnum which are based on the .460 Weatherby Magnum can exceed the performance of the parent cartridge, however, these are considered wildcat and proprietary cartridges.

Sporting use

The .460 Weatherby Magnum is primarily a thick skinned dangerous game cartridge designed to provide the ultimate in stopping power against African elephant, African buffalo, hippopotamus and the rhinoceros. When loaded to its full potential it has little use outside this primary use - although it can be used to hunt any species, there are far better cartridge choices for other game animals.

Thick-skinned big game

When loaded to its full potential it has more than the required energy necessary to drive bullets into the elephant's vital organs from any angle provided that the bullet is up to the task. Generally, elephants require solid bullets especially when head-shots are taken. Monolithic bullets such as the A-Square Monolithic Solid, Barnes Banded Solid, Supreme Nosler Solid and more conventional tougher FMJ bullets such as the Hornady DGS are good choices as they are able to withstand stresses placed on the bullets by the velocity of the .460 Weatherby Magnum. At the mark, the .460 Weatherby has enough remaining energy and velocity to make quick kills on elephant. At this range its impact energy is comparable to that of the .458 Winchester Magnum at However, as elephant hunting is usually a close range affair where 90% of the shooting situations fall within the fact that the .460 Weatherby can fell an elephant at long ranges is mostly an academic argument at best.

Bullets in the range are effective for hunting African cape buffalo and rhinoceros. A combination of solids and expanding bullets may be used against these big game. Expanding bullets should be of the controlled expansion variety. Hornady DGX and similar toughly constructed expanding bullets are recommended.

Other big game

The .460 Weatherby is overly powerful for lion or leopard. Lion are thin skinned and weigh no more than while leopards weigh no more than . When the .460 Weatherby is used for hunting leopard or lion, a rapidly expanding bullet is normally used. Bullets ideal for lion or leopard begin with the bullets. A-Square's Lion Load, a fragmenting soft point Since the .460 Weatherby can drive these bullets at over , and the large felidae are susceptible to hydrostatic shock, these lighter weight bullets in relation to the caliber may provide the best option if the .460 is chosen for the big cats. However, as no mainstream ammunition manufacturer loads these bullets, tailoring such loads for lion or leopard is strictly an option available only to the handloader or for those willing to have custom ammunition made to order.

The capability of the .460 Weatherby Magnum to hold flatter trajectories with appropriate bullets provides the cartridge the ability to take African plains game at distances beyond with no holdover adds to the versatility of .460 Weatherby Magnum as an all round African game cartridge. However, while the .460 Weatherby has the capacity to take such game species, there can be little doubt of the fact that there are more suitable cartridge choices for these species with far less recoil.

North American big game also does not require the full power of the .460 Weatherby Magnum. Harvesting of bison, elk, moose and brown bear can however be accomplished by reducing the performance of the cartridge to match the requirements. The .460 Weatherby Magnum cartridge has the flexibility to be loaded to duplicate the performance of the .45-70 Government to the .450 Rigby The rifle stock is also designed with a generous cast off to help tame the heavy recoil of the .460 Weatherby Magnum. The rifle uses an aluminum bedding block and recoil lugs to prevent any movement between the stock and the action. At a point of time the .460 Weatherby Magnum was offered for sale as an over the counter item in a few Mark V rifle lines, however, at present it is only available in the Mark V Deluxe. The Weatherby Custom Shop does offer the rifle in a few lines such as the Crown Custom, Dangerous Game Rifle (DGR) and the Safari Custom. All the over the counter and custom shop rifles are built on the Mark V action which is regarded by many as one of the strongest rifle actions available. The first .460 Weatherby's were built on Magnum Mauser actions but these were found wanting due to the higher pressures generated by Weatherby cartridges. The Mark V action is able to contain pressure.

A-Square currently offers rifles chambered .460 Weatherby Magnum in the Hannibal (right handed) and Caesar (left handed) lines. The rifles are based on the Enfield P14 design and like the Weatherby's are designed to minimize felt recoil. The rifles are ruggedly build to perform well with hard recoiling cartridges such as the .460 Weatherby Magnum, .500 A-Square, .577 Tyrannosaur. Dumoulin Herstal of Belgium manufactures rifles for the cartridge in their proprietary A2000/LM Long Magnum Mauser action White Hunter rifle line. The Dumoulin White Hunter is also available in .416 Rigby, .500 Jeffery and 505 Gibbs. Apart from these companies, several custom rifle maker such as Ballard Arms and Empire Rifles provide custom rifles in this chambering.

Weatherby ammunition is billed as Ultra Velocity Ammunition by Weatherby. Typically, Weatherby cartridges exhibit velocities greater than over the more popular similar caliber cartridges. Early Weatherby ammunition was loaded to near maximum pressures. Since then, however, Weatherby has backed off from these pressures. The resulting factory ammunition is about slower than early Weatherby Ammunition.

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|+ .460 Weatherby Magnum Ammunition

| style="background: #eeeeee" width="180pt" | Ammunition

| style="background: #eeeeee" width="210pt" | Bullet

| style="background: #eeeeee" width="140pt" | Muzzle velocity

| style="background: #eeeeee" width="140pt" | Muzzle energy

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| style="background: #eeeeee" valign="top"| Weatherby H460500FJ || valign="top"|Hornady DGS || valign="top"| || valign="top"| || valign="top"|/ || Load used Hornady FMJ†, FMJ-IB† now DGS

| style="background: #eeeeee" valign="top"| Weatherby H460500RN || valign="top"|Hornady DGX || valign="top"| || valign="top"| || valign="top"|/ || Load used Hornady RN†, RN-IB† now DGX

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Weatherby B460450TSX || Barnes TSX || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | A-Square Triad || A-Square MS, DT, LL || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Barnes TSX || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Swift A-Frame || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Barnes BS || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Barnes TSX || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Swift A-Frame || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Barnes BS || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Barnes TSX || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Hornady FMJ-RN || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Hornady IL-RN || || || / || Currently in production

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Conley Precision || Swift A-Frame || || || / || Currently in production

|colspan="6" align="center" | Temperature: Altitude: † Discontinued

Currently ammunition is available from A-Square, Conley Precision Cartridge and Weatherby (Norma) among others. Factory ammunition is loaded with bullets. Factory ammunition are relatively expensive costing between $6.00 and 8.50 per cartridge.

Accessories

Although most elephant guns are equipped with open sights the typical Weatherby Mark V rifle chambered for the .460 Weatherby Magnum does not come equipped with open sights. Instead they are drilled and tapped for scope mounts. The cartridge's performance even at leaves enough energy necessary to bring down large dangerous thick skinned game. At these ranges, telescopic sights have a greater advantage than open sights. The stock itself is designed for with the intent of providing the shooter a higher line of sight which is consistent with the use of telescopic sights.

Weatherby rifles such as the Dangerous Game Rifle and other Weatherby factory custom offerings are provided with open sights. Open sights tend to sight in quicker than scoped rifles and for this reason open sighted rifles are preferred by hunters for back-up work—when the hunter or guide must mount and discharge their firearm to ensure a charging game animal does not injure a client or to deliver a killing blow to a wounded game animal. It also has the added benefit of preventing the hunter from getting their eyebrow cut by the scope, which is not uncommon with a firearm with as much recoil as the .460 Weatherby Magnum.

thumb|left|alt=.460 Weatherby Magnum ready for sighting in.|Weatherby Mk. V in .460 Wby. Mag. equipped with an Accubrake mounted on a Caldwell Lead Sled loaded with of lead ready for sighting in

The recoil of the .460 Weatherby Magnum presents a problem for many shooters when shooting a cartridge of this size. Even with a rifle (scope, base, rings and cartridges included) the recoil against the shooter's shoulder is measured at . Most rifles chambered in .30-06 Springfield develop an average of of free recoil. Recently Weatherby has offered some reduced loads in the range, in order to be more forgiving to shooters. The recoil of the full-power loads is very punishing and if the gun has a scope, scope cuts on the forehead are common. A factory powder charge for this cartridge is about .

For many years the Weatherby Mark V rifles chambered in .460 Weatherby were equipped with Pendleton muzzle brakes Unlike the earlier Pendleton muzzle brake, the Accubrake is a removable, screw-on type brake. The use of muzzle brakes is frowned on by the hunting community in particularly in guided hunting situations involving dangerous game. Since the Accubrake is a removable accessory, it can be reserved for sighting in. According to Weatherby, the removal of the Accubrake will not change the point of impact.

Handloading

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frameless|alt=.460 powders|460 Weatherby Magnum dies by RCBS

As factory loaded ammunition for the .460 Weatherby Magnum is optimized for heavy dangerous game, reloading components are often used for the .460 Weatherby Magnum. Reloading the .460 Weatherby Magnum is no more difficult than reloading any other belted magnum cartridges. The reloader has a wide variety of components, bullets and powders available.

Among bullet manufacturers Barnes, Hornady and Lyman provide reloading data in their manuals for the .460 Weatherby Magnum. Powder manufacturers Accurate Arms, Hodgdon and Norma have also provide reloading data for the cartridge.

Bullets

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The .460 Weatherby Magnum accepts bullets. There are a large variety of bullets manufactured which are suited for the .460 Weatherby. Bullets weighing between are acceptable although the cartridge performs best with bullets weighing between . The bullets are optimized for use with the .45-70 Government cartridge. Such bullets are used with reduced loads. All major bullet manufacturers produce bullets that can be used in the .460 Weatherby.

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|+ Table of bullets available for reloading the .460 Weatherby Magnum

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Manufacturer

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Bullet

| style="background: #eeeeee" | A-Square || and Triad (Monolithic, Dead Tough & Lion Load) bullets

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Barnes || TSX FN†; TSX FN, TSX FB, SP & FNSP; TSX FB; SP & FNSP; TSX FB & solid; TSX FB and solid and original†

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Hornady || HP; RN and FP; DGS & DGX; RN-IB†, FMJ-RN†, DGS & DGX

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Nosler || Partition; PP partition & solid

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Speer || SPFN†; SPFN†; AGS(SP)†, AGS-T†, TBBC† & TBSS†

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Swift || A Frame; A Frame; A Frame

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Woodleigh || PP-SN; RN-SN & FMJ; PP-SN, RN-SN & FMJ; RN-SN & FMJ

|colspan="2" align="left" | † indicates discontinued bullet.

In addition bullets there are several hard cast diameter bullets that are compatible with the .460 Weatherby Magnum. Such bullets, unlike jacketed bullets, are designed to be driven at reduced velocities. Driving these bullets at .460 Weatherby velocities can cause lead to be deposited in the barrel. Regular cast bullets are not recommended with the .460 Weatherby as the upper end of the permissible velocities for these cast bullets is lower than the lowest velocities obtainable from the .460 Weatherby Magnum.

Powders

The .460 Weatherby performs at its best with medium slow burning powders especially with heavier bullets. Usual powder charges start in excess of . Due to the large capacity case, charges less than 90% load density are not usually recommended. Hangfires with cartridges such as the .460 Weatherby are extremely unpleasant. Powder charges with higher load densities provide more reliable burn performance than lighter charges.

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|+ Powders' suitability for the .460 Weatherby Magnum

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Powder brand

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Lighter bullets -

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Heavier bullets -

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Accurate Arms || AA2520, AA2700 & AA4350 || AA2700, AA4350 & AA3100

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Alliant || RL-15 & RL-17 || RL-17 & RL-19

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Hodgdon || H380, H414, Varget, H4895 & H4350 || H4350 & H4831

| style="background: #eeeeee" | IMR || IMR 3031, IMR 4320, IMR 4064 & IMR 4350 || IMR 4350 & IMR 4831

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Norma || 203-B & 204 || 204 & MRP

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Vihtavuori || N-140 & N-150 || N-150, N-160 & N-560

| style="background: #eeeeee" | Winchester || WW760 || WW760

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For reduced velocity reloads powders such as Accurate Arms' AA8700 and Hodgdon's H870 have performed well. With AA8700 and H870 there remains a large quantity of un-burnt powder. Faster powders occupy less volume; so a filler such as Dacron is used to hold the powder charge against the primer to provide shot to shot consistence and reliable ignition.

Cases

At present there is one single manufacturer of .460 Weatherby Magnum brass: Norma Precision. Norma Precision manufactured brass is headstamped as Weatherby (as opposed to Norma) as they are under contract by Weatherby to manufacture Weatherby Ammunition. Weatherby brass is available from Weatherby.

Primers

When Roy Weatherby began working with the .378 Weatherby Magnum, the parent cartridge of the .460 Weatherby Magnum, he found the primers of the day to be unreliable. Roy Weatherby contacted Charles L. Horn, the founder of Federal Cartridge Company and explained his problem. Horn's reply was "We'll make you a primer that, by God, will set your powder ablaze". All reloading manuals provide loading data using only this particular primer to develop reloading data for the .460 Weatherby Magnum.

In a pinch the Winchester WLRM primer or primers with similar brisance may be substituted. The Federal 216 primer is not available for sale to the reloader at present but should the primer become available it may be substituted for the Federal 215 primer. This primer was developed for the .470 Nitro Express and is currently used by Federal to load the cartridge. A full-length die set is available from Hornady Manufacturing. Most two-die set includes a bullet seating die and either a full-length resizing die or a neck sizing die. A full-length sizing die reforms the complete body of the case to specification. The neck sizing die reforms only the neck so that it can hold the bullet in place. Neck-sizing cases rather than full length sizing cases can extend the case life of cartridges. On the downside, cases that are only neck sized may not feed through some actions reliably especially when used in semi-automatic rifles. Cartridges which are intended for semi-automatics should be full length resized. Most Weatherby manufactured rifle chambers are machined to very tight tolerances making full length resizing has little effect on extending the case life as the cartridge brass does not have to be worked as much to reform it. If once fired cases are to be used in a rifle in other than one it which it had been previously fired full length resizing the cases is the norm.

Parent cartridge

The large case capacity of the .460 Weatherby Magnum lends itself to various forms of conversion and experimentation. The .460 Weatherby Magnum has served as the immediate parent cartridge of several proprietary and wildcat cartridges. It is, however, also correct to list the .378 Weatherby Magnum as the parent cartridge for these cartridges as the .460 Weatherby Magnum itself was based on the .378 Weatherby Magnum case.

The following are some of the better known cartridges based on the .460 Weatherby where the .460 acted as the direct parent cartridge:

; .460 A-Square Short

:The cartridge is a proprietary cartridge designed by Arthur Alphin of A-Square. This .458 caliber (11.6 mm) cartridge is based on a shortened .460 Weatherby Magnum case which can be used in a standard length action rifle. The cartridge is capable of developing when firing a bullet at .