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Sir Michael (aka "Doc M" Man of Science) is the latest Knight of The Square Table.
Sir Larry has sent him some Shock Hammers.
What with his indoor range/laboratory at McCourry Institute of Ballistics (MIB) in South Carolina,
he may be the first to shoot the bullet, into his test media.

I am back to recommending the CEB 450-gr Safari Solid
(brass FN, with flat base and BBW#13 nose profile with 67% meplat)
as a magazine-filling backup to the 400-gr Shock Hammer loaded however you like
in any standard .458 WinMag or .458 WM+:

A load that is tops in any factory .458 WinMag:

CEB Safari Solid 450-gr (BOL = 1.415")
Hornady case 2.490" trim to
COL 3.360″ (front two bands crimped ahead of case mouth, bottom two bands seated inside case)
Seat depth = 0.545"
F-215 primer
77.0 grains AA-2230 (minimal compression, locks bullet in place)
at 55 degrees F in a 24-7/8" CZ take-off barrel installed on a Pre-’64 M70 .30-06 action
(25" factory barrel set back 1/8" and re-threaded to smaller threads of M70):

5-shot average of 5-yard chrono: 2343 fps with std. dev. of 4 fps
That is +2350 fps MV.
3-shots into 0.53 MOA (0.278" on centers for 3 shots at 50 yards)

Yep, that is my solid load to back up the 400-gr Shock Hammer,
until there is a proper 400-gr FN solid available.
That Woodleigh HYDRO sure would be nice, out of what has been available in past.
Maybe they will make it available here again someday.
Any word on Woodleigh Bullets ?
"Sumbuddy who know ?"