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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 195. Chapters: .460 Weatherby Magnum, Cartridge (firearms), FN 5.7x28mm, 5.56x45mm NATO, .338 Lapua Magnum, .458 Lott, List of handgun cartridges, .22 Long Rifle, .50 BMG, 9x19mm Parabellum, 7.92x57mm Mauser, 6mm Lee Navy, .300 Winchester Magnum, .500 S&W Magnum, .30-06 Springfield, .303 British, .40 S&W, 7.62x51mm NATO, .45 ACP, .257 Weatherby Magnum, .408 Chey Tac, .458 Winchester Magnum, .38 Special, 10mm Auto, .260 Remington, ICL cartridges, .44 Magnum, 6.8 mm Remington SPC, 8x68mm S, .357 SIG, .357 Magnum, HK 4.6x30mm, .416 Rigby, 9.3x64mm Brenneke, Table of handgun and rifle cartridges by year, 7.62x54mmR, List of rifle cartridges, 7mm-08 Remington, .30-30 Winchester, .45-70, .500 Nitro Express, .280 British, 7.62x39mm, 7 mm caliber, 11 mm caliber, 5.45x39mm, .30 Carbine, .223 Remington, .300 Remington Ultra Magnum, Caliber conversion sleeve, .38 Super, .338 Winchester Magnum, .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, 7x57mm Mauser, .45 Colt, 6.5mm Grendel, 7.5x55mm Swiss, .450 Rigby, 7.92x33mm Kurz, .44 Special, 9 mm caliber, 6.5x68mm, 8x64mm S, 7-30 Waters, 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Excerpt: 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 .458-inch (11.6 mm) 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. The cartridge is billed as the most powerful commercial sporting rifle cartridge available. The .460 Weatherby Magnum like the rest of the Weatherby line of cartridges is capable of launching a bullet at velocities much higher than its competition, and in doing so it generates higher levels of energy. The .460 Weatherby attempts to provide the ultimate level of insurance against dangerous game. Few cartridges come close to offering the hunter the level of performance offered by the Weatherby Magnum. The .460 Weatherby Magnum is the world's most powerful commercially available sporting cartridge. The .460 will launch a 500-grain (32 g) bullet at a chronographed velocity of 2,700 ft/s (820 m/s) from a 26-inch (660 mm) barrel, measuring 8,100 ft.lbf (11,000 J) of muzzle energy. Prior to the arrival of the .460 Weatherby Magnum on the hunting scene, the .600 Nitro Express had been considered to be the most powerful cartridge in terms of energy. Roy Weatherby had expected that 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 whom 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
