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

Sir Scotty,
Any of them will do for deer.
But that Speer is softer than the Remington.
The Speer ought not be loaded any faster than 1800 fps MV.
I have used 400-gr monometal copper on deer at +2500 fps MV (HV) and ~2350 fps MV (TSX), both with about 150-yard hits.
Zips right through and causes a bang-flop at whatever angle of the shot.
Of the two classes, leaded and non-leaded, my favorites would be
North Fork 400-gr
and Hammer 404-gr.

Continuing with some 400-ish-grain cast lead bullets below, also totally adequate for deer in a SAAMI .458 WinMag ...



N. Lee Hollow Base (459-405-HB) BOL 1.085" (405-gr in WW alloy, 373-gr in Linotype)
O. Accurate Molds 46-410-M SOCOM BOL 1.097" (418-gr in WW alloy with PC paint and GC)
P. Accurate Molds 46-410-M SOCOM BOL 1.105" (407-gr in BHN 25 alloy with PC paint and GC)
Q. Accurate Molds 46-425-PG BOL BOL 1.240" (433-gr in WW alloy with PC paint and GC)
P. Accurate Molds 46-425-PG BOL BOL 1.245" (411-gr in Linotype with PC paint and GC)

The 407-gr SOCOM (P) above is my favorite but all could have uses.