A long time ago, a friend, who collected Weatherbys, showed up at the range with his .460 and a box of 50 full power handloads. The guy actually liked recoil, and had the broadest, beefiest shoulders of anyone that I have met. When I walked up, he asked me if I wanted to try it. He had a 100 yd small bore target posted at that distance, and not being a complete fool, I took the shot standing, remembering something that I thought that I remembered Elmer Kieth wrote. I spread my legs well fore and aft, but did not lean forward much, with the intent of letting the muzzle rise, and letting my body bend at the waist to allow it to. Well, I pulled it into my shoulder as if my life depended on it, checked my distance from the scope, and concentrated on the target, and trying not to jerk the trigger. The shot went pretty much as planned. I managed to keep it in the black, about 4" form center, and knowing that I would undoubtedly flinch on the second shot, I called it good with one. After that I asked him about how the rifle that I had just shot compared to the .458. He said that he had bought a Ruger 77 that he had sold after getting his larger caliber Weatherbys, since, at that point the Ruger's recoil seemed unremarkable. At that point, he sat down at the bench and shot up his box of ammo, much as you or I would have done with a .243. If I remember correctly, he told me that his load was 112 grains of 4064, topped with a Hornady 500 gr. round nose. He also revealed that he did all of his powder measuring with a set of Lee dippers, and that that particular load took two scoops. Interestingly enough, he told me that the .378 had the more wicked recoil, because the .460 has a heavier barrel, with a built in muzzle brake, and the .378 was a higher velocity round, which made its recoil more stinging. This was one part of the shooting sport that I have no desire to revisit. Having escaped bruise free, I am content to contemplate the experience from the distance of several decades, confident that my old shoulder would not get off so easily today.
) The guy bought it for a mere $400.00. 
