.460 Weatherby Magnum [SEP] designer
.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  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 its arrival, the .600 Nitro Express had been the most powerful cartridge but the .460 Weatherby Magnum eclipsed
cartridges based on the .460 Weatherby where the .460 acted as the direct parent cartridge:
- .460 A-Square Short
- .465 H&H Magnum
- .475 A&M Magnum
- .500 Whisper
- .50 Peacekeeper
- .500 A-Square
See also.
- Weatherby Magnum
- List of rifle cartridges
- Table of handgun and rifle cartridges
- 11 mm caliber
- .45 Caliber Rifle Cartridges
- .378 Weatherby Magnum
- .416 Weatherby Magnum
- .30-378 Weatherby Magnum
- .338