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It is too bad no one offers a lighter bullet loaded in the win mag. Not necessarily a light load but maybe 400 grain soft nose for the NA hunter. Something other than 500 grain african game loads.

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So true!
You notice how many 458 rifles are offered for sale with an almost full box of factory ammo?

I’ve found my Lott to be the most versatile and enjoyable rifle to reload for and I have never loaded anything near factory loads with 500gr bullets. No need for that kind of punishment.

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I have loaded the 350 grain Hornady and the 405 grain Remington bullets in the .458 Mag. with great success, both as to accuracy and ballistics.

Cast bullets are another great source of pleasure.

The .458 Mag. will do a lot of different tricks. It is a great caliber and lots of fun.

But, of course, it really shines as a stomper. Here are a couple of full-stomper targets, with chronograph readouts, I shot last year. The first shot with a Lyman 4x scope; the second with express sights.









These I shot in preparation for my trip to Australia last year. In the end, I didn't take the rifle because of miles of red-tape in Oz.

The bottom chronograph print-out shows the average velocity of the 500 grain bullet at 2073 fps over the full 20 round string. That's real power!

Curl