Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Express Rifles and Big Bores Only The great 458 Winchester. Everyone should own one at least once

Now to find an accurate single-ball, squirrel load for the .458 WM,
backed up with a shot-capsule load of #7-1/2, a most versatile birdshot, using Green Dot and Blue Dot powders, most likely.
Single-shot loading of ball and shot so as not to shatter a protruding shot capsule in the magazine of a bolt action.
Using Daisy will make sure I don't get carried away.



Then I want to do the .461"/480-gr hardcast FNGC
at about 1300 to 1800 fps with AA-5744 and AA-2495,
and 1800 to 2200 fps with all sorts of smokeless powders, Hodgdon Extreme and AA/Western Powders preferred.
All those should be SAAMI compliant,
not requiring any of the .458 WM+ super power use at all.
Maybe the hardcast MV should be limited to 2200 fps for best bullet performance, even if the .458 WM can beat that MV.

Funny how when you turn the light on the Lottites scurry away.