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Nframe
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hornady heavy Mag 458 WM
      #26901 - 26/02/05 03:18 PM

Hey guys, have any of you guys tried this ammo? It's factory rated at 2200fps! Any real world chrony results?

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: Nframe]
      #26920 - 26/02/05 09:37 PM

I've shot some when they first came out with them. The chrono'd velocity was close to advertised. The only problem was that I had very hard bolt lift when trying to eject the brass. I also noticed that there was definite brass flattening of the bottom of the brass. I believe that they're loaded a wee bit hot. There's only so much you can do with brass that doesn't have the internal capacity.

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: 475Guy]
      #26921 - 26/02/05 10:34 PM

I figured as much, ther's certainly no free lunch with the 458 WM.

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: Nframe]
      #26923 - 26/02/05 10:54 PM

Dude, I thought you had a 458 Lott. If that's the case, shooting it with the 458 WM stuff shouldn't be much of problem. Just clean it VERY thoroughly afterwards. I've always had a 458 WM around after beating myself up with 45/70 GORILLA loads out of my old Marlin a long time ago. Compared to the 45/70, the 458 WM was a just a push.



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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: 475Guy]
      #26958 - 27/02/05 03:34 PM

I've got both a Lott and a WM it's a late 80's model 70 push feed. Just came across this ammo while on the neverending search for Lott brass, just wondered how much bluesky was in that 2200 fps.

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: Nframe]
      #28020 - 20/03/05 05:22 AM

Phil Shoemaker said he tested the Hornady HM .458 Win Mag ammo over his chrono in a side-by-side test with factory .458 Lott Hornady ammo in the same Lott rifle.

Hornady "Heavy Magnum" .458 Win Mag 500gr RN = 2220 fps

Factory Hornady .458 Lott = 2260fps

Fired in the same rifle in a side by side test...

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: 458RugerNo1]
      #28045 - 20/03/05 04:18 PM

Now that's food for thought!

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: 458RugerNo1]
      #28079 - 21/03/05 03:18 PM

How does the price of these super duper hornady 458 mags compare with other factory 458 ammo?

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: 4seventy]
      #28081 - 21/03/05 03:41 PM



From what I've seen they are about on par with other Premium 458 WM's, they are going for the mid 40's on Gunbroker and about 10-15 higher through most of the distributors. Keep in mind these are US prices I'm not sure about Australia?

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: Nframe]
      #28082 - 21/03/05 03:45 PM

I'd love to try some out.
Any idea what powder they use?

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: 4seventy]
      #28090 - 21/03/05 08:16 PM

...probably the Hodgdon equivalent of good ol' Mulwex!!

Those ballistics are not too difficult to achieve with ADI powders in the .458: just ask Matt Graham!

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: 4seventy]
      #28151 - 22/03/05 08:34 PM

Alan,
You will find a run down on the loading process for the "magnum" rounds on accuratereloading.com-they use a special extra dense powder and a 3 stage case charging process-with components unavailable to hand loaders.
By the way,the searcy is finished but still have not got my hands on it-paperwork USA side ++++(read fuck-up).

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Re: hornady heavy Mag 458 WM [Re: wombat]
      #28587 - 30/03/05 06:06 AM

Once again the 458 raises its ugly head, its simply a poorly designed round, that everyone is trying to make right...Maybe some day they will if the right powder comes along...

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