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Sir Dennis,
You are referring to .458-400gr XTSX-1, of course.
Absolutely, a radius on the outer edge of the meplat would be desirable.
More than just breaking the sharpness off the edge, a full-blown bevel would work better.
Could be done by more vigorous application of the handtool used for that edge break,
one of of those oh-so-useful, thimble-like deburring tools used on the mouths of brass cartridge cases.
Copper is softer than brass !
Less drilling and chamfering inside the hollowpoint would be needed then to get it to 400 grains.





For the .458-400gr brass solid:
Shaped like a beer keg, with an FN nose and a symmetric/mirror image boat tail for base, with a hollow point hole in the base,
and a ballistic tip insert if used as an expanding bullet when the hollow-base FN solid is shot backwards.
Sound familiar ?

The slug used for 12ga From Hell could be a model for diameter reduction to .458-400gr brass FN solid.











The .458 Winchester Magnum sure is a sweet little deer cartridge.





Rob modified my cast-lead Darwin for his lathe-turned imitation Darwins.
My cast-lead Darwin translated to brass would weigh about 1100 grains as a .730-caliber with 1.375" BOL.
If the .730-caliber Darwin is reduced to .458" major diameter but remained 1.375" long, it would weigh about 430 grains if made of brass ?
Some fine tuning of the design is needed to get to exactly 400 grains.