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Bob,

Very nice. Thanks for posting. It seems that the 458 Winchester has had a number of admirers and also people who thought it came up short. Mr Lott was part of the latter group.

Perhaps because of new powders and better bullets, the 458 Winchester seems to be a well regarded big game cartridge.

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Thanks.

I think newer powders have a lot to do with it but I have no personal experience with that.

I once had a Ruger No. 1 Tropical in .458 Win Mag that I shot a few times with factory 510 gr loads but that was 45+ years ago. I haven't fired one since then. I never did any actual hunting with it... Well, except for a couple of jackrabbits on a friend's uncle's ranch. I found the 300 gr soft points to be effective jackrabbit stoppers.

Cheers! Bob F.