Back in 1978, I was planning a trip to Africa with a friend. During a phone conversation, Elmer Keith told me a hardened 560gr. Lyman cast WW bullet from my .458 2" at 1,960fps would do just fine, for elephant, rhino and cape buffalo.

After discussion of my loads, he said the one using 400gr. Barnes Spitzers at 2,150fps would work fine for all plains game including Eland with the .049" jackets which were available back then. He also said the .032" 400gr. jacket would likely do for the cats.

Unfortunately, that trip didn't materialize.