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 FMJ or RN Weatherby ammunition shoot to the same point of impact, which is necessary in a dangerous game cartridge as hunters may need to switch from solids to soft round nose rounds depending on the circumstances and game being hunted. This is due to Weatherby's (Norma) factory loaded ammunition using Hornady's DGS and DGX bullets which have identical G1 ballistic coefficients of .295.