deer loads in 458wm

[fingers284]

Yup...when I bought my .458 Mag, it was with the intension of having a " repeater" & with enough case space to have a useful BP cartridge (basically a 45-90/45-100 class). I did some experimenting with it and it did shoot adequately ( 2" at 100) but for some reason I never hunted the gun with BP. I ended up selling it to finance a "real" SS Highwall 45-90 that as of yet hasn't killed anything in modern times...yet.

 

[silver 55]

I ran out last night and grabbed the hand loader magazine. They haven't updated yet it's an older copy from April. I'll keep an eye out for the new one

The magazine is the June issue, #302 and the article is Trail Boss revisited.

 

[Slamfire]

I load 300gr TSX and cheaper 300gr jacketed HP Hornady bullets at 2650 fps MV in my .458 Lott, which has a bit more case capacity than the .458WM, with a nearly full charge of IMR4895. Impact points at 100 yards are nearly identical.

The 300gr Hornady should be a good deer bullet, except at close range where it will blow up on impact, out to 250 yards before it drops too much.

 

[brybenn]

I just loaded a few with starting loads. 58 gr imr4198. I'll try these an see how the bullets hold up. If not I'll save up and buy another 45/70

 

[Slamfire]

I have experienced hang fires with reduced powder charges. Using Dacron as a filler above the powder to keep the powder charge against the primer sometimes helps. The fuller the case with powder the better.