The “458 Winchester Magnum, all the cartridge you’ll ever need” …
2024年1月22日 · I had scorned the .458 Winchester Magnum, rebarreled & rechambered several .458 WinMag CZ 550 Magnum rifles. Then I saw the light. A take-off CZ 550 Magnum barrel from a .458 WinMag was expertly installed on a Pre-'64 Winchester M70 action that stated life as a .30-06. This involved shortening at the breech (set back) of only 1/8".
The .458 Winchester Magnum & I : A Fair Assessment
2019年12月3日 · It has a 3 inch cartridge casing’s worth of propellant powder and propels a 300 grain bullet at admirable velocities . The .458 Winchester magnum propels a 500 grain bullet ( Which is 200 grains heavier than what the .375 Holland & Holland magnum uses ) , yet utilizes a 2.5 inch cartridge casing’s worth of propellant powder .
416 Remington Magnum V.S. 458 Winchester Magnum
2021年4月7日 · The .458 would win if you want an "elephant gun" or a dangerous game stopper. I have found that in the U.S., ammo for the .458 can usually be found cheaper. You will also find that .458 Win ammo can be found almost anywhere in the world where you might need a .458 Win. Ammo for a .416 Rem is harder to find and you will probably pay more.
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2020年3月1日 · The 458 WM requires enough neck tension or good crimp to hold bullet against recoil set back from being hammered against front of magazine. You can seat bullet out quite a bit for more case capacity but that will decrease neck tension and may not put crimp groove in proper place for crimping.
Why I No Longer Defend The .458 Winchester Magnum
2013年12月5日 · Don Heath states that today there is nothing wrong with the .458 and Craig Boddington credits the .458 "as the gun that saved Africa". But I think that Craig sums up the .458 nicely with the following post; "Even though (years ago) Winchester boldly dropped the .458 Winchester Magnum, it needs to stay.
Buffalo hunting with a .458 Win Mag - AfricaHunting.com
2018年2月20日 · During our time , the best .458 Winchester magnum cartridges available on the market , came from the company Remington . The client would use 510 grain soft point bullets for the first shot ( preferably a double lung shot from broad side position ) . Follow up shots were made , using 500 grain metal covered solid bullets .
The “458 Winchester Magnum, all the cartridge you’ll ever need” …
2021年10月2日 · The SAAMI .458 Lott is less powerful than the .458 WM+..458 WM+ loads may be fired in any SAAMI .458 WinMag but may be unsafe in a SAAMI .458 Lott. I have been cured of BES by my religious conversion to the .458 Winchester Magnum Faith. When the chips are down I would want nothing other than a .458 WinMag in my hands.
458 Win Mag vs 458 Lott....The facts | Page 4 - AfricaHunting.com
2019年6月8日 · The higher velocity of the .375 Holland & Holland Magnum's 300Gr bullets at 2530 FPS, definitely had more visible terminal effects on lions (when taking heart-lung shots) than the 500Gr bullets of the .458 Winchester Magnum at 2040 FPS.
.458 win mag for North America - AfricaHunting.com
2012年2月7日 · Now while staying within the parameters of the 45-70 bullet velocity range, and within the pressure range of both the 45-70 and the 458WM there is the opportunity to develop a 45-70 "maximum/magnum/+P/etc" load, and/or a safe, very light, very manageable 458WM load using the shorter 45-70 bullet rather than the longer 458WM bullet.
The “458 Winchester Magnum, all the cartridge you’ll ever need” …
2024年10月30日 · Watts also did a 2.5" .450 Watts Short before the .458 Winchester Magnum was released to the public in 1956, after James Watts "released " it to Winchester in the year 1954 or before. Fred N. Barnes was offering his proprietary 450 B-J Express (Barnes-Johnson) in a lineup of "short magnum" cartridges from 7mm to .458 caliber, in the early 1950s.