.460 weatherby for antelope?
 

Just seeing if anyone has used one on antelope. Im wondering if its enough gun?

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I'd say not but it isn't because of the antelope, the .460 WBY will handle an antelope just fine. It's the jackelope you've got to watch out for they're nearly impossible to stop in a charge! Without one of the big bore doubles, it could just get flat ugly!!!

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I prefer a 22 short honestly.

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Not enough kinetic energy...

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Let me know how it goes. Make sure you allow for bullet drop and squeeeeze the trigger, don't wanna jerk the shot and have to trail a gut shot antelope. I hear they are vicious

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Ya what they said.. Is that a serious queston?

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Make sure to shoot solids for better penetration!!!!!!!!

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Do they offer that rifle in a nice light package, maybe a mountain rifle with a really short barrel? Don't you just prop that gun up at say a 45 degree angle and drop the cartridges down the barrel?

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That's a tough call, I would say you might want to get into handloading, and make sure you load the rounds with Barnes TSX, solid copper bullet, and whatever you do, aim for the eye, nothing will take out an antelope unless it's an eye shot, those antelope have some darn hard exoskeletons for sure.

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Me personally< i would suggest you hunt near water of some sort so that you can call for 16 in Naval Gun fire. You are going to need it. That way, if you twitch just a little on the trigger pull, going for that eye shot, you make sure that you still get them. Close will work in this case.:D:D:D:D

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Probably enough.
458 Lott worked resoundingly well on elk.

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How can you think much less type with your tongue jammed into your cheek like that?

Actually, the .460 is my preferred round. Don't even have to hit them . . . the shock waves knock them down!

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The .460 actually works pretty well for putting in ground blinds. Lob a couple of them in the general area you want the blind, then just build up and around the crater.

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What is the reason for creating such a blatantly ignorant thread?

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why do you have to be such a killjoy. YOu ever stop to think, though obvious to everybody who made a post here, that this guy REALLY DIDN"T KNOW??????

Or, just maybe, he did, and this was just meant to be a little fun. Quite possibly, the kinda new guy trying to make a little joke here.


Forthread starter, at first I was saying Naval gunfire, but I am not sure that is enough either. Evidently the guy in the previous post thinks that the .460 Weatherby isENTIRELY TO SMALLfor the task. Mightneed a
B-52 bomberto take the antelope:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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When you have been around as many forums as I have, you will find that threads like this are not funny at all, in fact, they take away from serious discussions. Anybody who knows anything about guns, knows that a .460 Weatherby is a ridiculous gun to take antelope hunting, the rifle is heavy, and the trajectory of the cartridge makes it hard to hit past 200 yards, then again, it makes a better antelope cartridge then the ridiuclously, but I don't expect you to know that, you have already shown a lot of ignorance around me, and you seem to lack the knowledge to give an intelligent answer of any kind.

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Generally, itprovides a free ticket to never-never-land and helps assuage the angst....

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BEARTOOTH:
You really seemed to miss the point there.


This guy really didn't know. This guy asked an honest question here. Somewhere during your shooting life, you learned that this .460 would be just a little bigfor this game. Everybody starts somewhere. The Thread started began here. Instead of making fun of the really how did you put it "blatently ignorant thread" maybe share some of that other knowledge. Weight of gun, trajectory...etc. the rest of know it is too big, but maybe not ALL the specifics.

Yeah, I think the rest of us fully understand that it is a BIG HEAVY GUN. And some might even know that it is a gunwith lousy trajectory past 200 yds. And yes, we all know it is overkill for antelope. You really have a problem jumping on th eback of some new folks that dont have the same experience.

As far as taking away from serious discussions. NOTHING IS MAKING YOU READ THIS!!!. If you don't like it, then don't read it. But obviously, you thought that it was important enough to answer the first time, and then a second time, and I am going to bet a third time too. SO LIGHTEN UP ON THE GUY WHO DIDN"T KNOW, BUT WHO WAS SMART ENOUGH TO ASK, AND LIGHTEN UP ON EVERBODY ELSE THAT GAVE HIM SOME CRAZY ANSWER TO LET HIM KNOW in a bit of a fun way.

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Take it to the range first and fire a few dozen rounds off the bench with no extra recoil protection. THEN if you still want to use it, be my guest.;)

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And how do you know this?
Did he admit it somewhere?

I'm thinking it was most likely posted intentionally for the purpose of just watching folkshowl and dance....

"Gee, with just this minor action on my part, I've created this self-perpetuating disturbance."

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EKM,
you are right. I don't know for sure that crazyguy doesn't know. Just taking a guess here; andhe is new to the Forum, so that might be the case. Though look back a few posts (5) , and I think i made a comment similar to yours. he did know, and this was all in fun. Either way, has there been any harm done here.
But the rest was also to beartooth. ASSUMING that this guy really didn't know, then share some info if you have it. Give the details that the rest of us might not have. We all know that this is a bad choice for antelope. I know it is a heave gun that you probably don't want to carry. I didn;t know that it had really lousy trajectory past 200 yds. Great, share that.On the chance that the guy really doesn't know any better.That is all my point is here.

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Sorry if i ruffled a few feathers. I have been surfing these forums for quite a while, but am a new member. As of late, the repition of no brain questions has gotten to me, as they have gotten to others also. This post was intended for entertainment. A few members get a kick out of a little humor. Im sorry if it offended you. Of course the .460 is not a good choice for antelope.

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Don't worry about it. I thought it was hilarious:D
Some guys have no sense of humor.

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Yep, thats a real knee slapper. I think!:eek:

I guessmy idea of sense of humor is quite different than others.

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It seems that most of us found the humor in it. The only time my feathers were ruffled is when somebody had to be rude about it. And that only seemed to be one person. I didn't mean to speak for you, but I had to take the chance that you really didn't know. There are some folks that ask questions for that reason. New to hunting, inherited dads or grandpa's old gun. Not sure what it is good for since dad got it when grandpa died and never got into hunting....etc.
I am sure you have already heard it somewhere. But welcome to the forum. Lots of good knowledgeable people about just about every aspect oh hunting here.

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Dangerous to apply generalities to specifics, even if trolling for humor.
Probably best to do your homework first.

460 Weatherby
350 gr. BarnesX, 2970 fps
200 yard sight in

1.5 inches high at 100 yards
0.0inches & on at 200
7inches low at 300
21 inches low at 400
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270 Win
130 gr Barnes X
3150 fps

1.2 inches high at 100 yards
0.0 inches & on at 200
6 inches low at 300
17 inches low at 400

I think you guys are just ga-ga over the potential recoil if using the 460 without a brake.
I guarantee that the hit with the 460 will be much more entertaining to watch than the hit with the 270.

No big deal between them, one should be able toconnect with either one.
Weatherby rifle will be lighter than a AR-30 in 338 Lapua.

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Thats why I said that if you can shoot the 460 enough to become good with it then go ahead and use it. I would hate to see someone not entertained by watching the critter die.;)

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followed by:
I hope most folks find theirsuccessful huntsentertaining, otherwise "tag soup" will suffice just as well.
I'm thinkingmost folks watch for the the kill uponfiringat gamesince using ones hearing, taste, touch, orsmellto detect the quarrygoing down is generally difficult.
Given as much hooping, hollering, high fiving, big smiling and recurrent storytellingas I've witnessedfollowing great and convincing take downs, most hunters will find it difficult to deny that it is entertaining.

Nothing like flat out hammering your quarry in the early morning chill....
thesound of a heavy K-THUD on impact.... the heavy smell of prodigous amounts of spent nitrocellulosescenting the air....
Looks, sounds, and smells like.... victory.

And so it goes: big bad hunter, poor little bambi critter. ;)

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I thought it was a funny post as well. :)
Even if it wasn't serious we got some good info about that gun.
I think everyone would agree these forums are for entertainment and for education, which in all actuallity this post did both.


Spudrow from Mo

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Don't worry, y'all, Beartooth375 here is just jealous that he only uses alegendary squirrelcartridge and not a big game cartridge,lol.

"Remember Children, real boys shoot .450 CAL OR BIGGER ONLY!!!!!

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The hunt should be entertaining, however to me there is much more to the hunt than splattering an animal to hear the WHOP. The hunt is entertaining, the kill is a small part to me but thats one fools opinion I guess.

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Actually, I think ALL aspects of the hunt are entertaining; however, the threadaddresses the suitability/possibility of taking antelope with 460 Weatherby and the results thereof plus picks up some wild imagings along the way. It does not, however, address the touchy feely/above the fray/nebulousaspect of "how big a part of the overall huntdoes the actual taking of the animal count for?"

All the silly stuff (16" naval gunsand B-52's [even your 8" naval guns on occasion]) is what wouldtruly "splatter" an antelope and make a really big "whop", sorry....

The big bore willsimply make a nice convincing hole and put 'em down without all that much mess, as an antelope just won't provide enough medium to really open it up....unfortunately Ican't change theK-THUD that you apparently find objectionable.

No comment onyour fool's opinion.

And so it goes: big bad hunter, poor little bambi critter

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The taking of the animal to me is maybe 20 percent. I can only speak for me. Many very entertaining hunts ended up with taking an animal yet the memories of those hunts are next to no others. I can't leave the touchy feely part out when it comes to hunting. Its a passion. I repeat once more for the lovers of recoil, use the 460 with my blessing, it won't hurt me a bit. For some who seem to need their steel tempered , it may lend a hand at that as well.:D

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Sorry, IMHO no steel hardening as a result of hunting pronghorn no matter the weapon used (even your 8" naval guns).
And so it goes,
Big bad hunter.... poor little bambi critter.

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Guess I will always be a big bad hunter.

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I thought that it was a comical thread too. My only suggestion is, step up to the .577 Tyrannosaur. Youwill probably need it.:D:D

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Be sporting! Place a large sheet of plexi-glass upright in the middle of the bald ass prairie on a known trail to a waterhole or were they slide under a fence at mach II.You might make leg breaking traps with a posthole auger and cover them up if your so inclined.........Get real......................Harold

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pheasantfanatic sparked my memory. Has everyone on this site see the video of people test firing the.577 T-Rex? If not check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJSZs-euZU

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Thanks for the thread crazyguy. I appreciate humor, most the time, considerably more than the stuffy and pompous types that show up in forums more often than not. Really love the Youtube video, I guess there actually is a rifle that kicks more than my 12 gauge slug gun. Maybe if I shot one of these .577's a few times, myslug gunwould feel more like a .22. Thanks again.

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This is classic...lmfaoo I cant quit laughing :D:D