GUNS Magazine, Dec. 2022 is out. pp. 50-53: "Jack O'Connor's .450 WATTS" by Wayne van Zwoll
Some tired old propaganda and false narratives were regurgitated as usual, like Democrap gaslighting, as reliably as the gaffs and pratfalls of Joe Biden ushered in for a puppet show performance. The most glaring of this misinformation was to say that the .458 Winchester Magnum "hurls 500-grain bullets about 200 fps slower" than the .458 Lott ! The "ammunition expert," Wayne van Zwoll, was typing up the wrong tree on that one. He once published a book showing a Hornady factory load for the .458 WinMag with 500-grainer at 2260 fps.
Sir Jerry has verified .458 WM+ ammo at about 3.560" COL (IIRC) with 500-gr TBSS at +2300 fps. If the SAAMI .458 Lott does that it will be at higher pressure than in the .458 WM+. I have LabRadar-ed that same bullet at 2408 fps MV from a 24"-barreled Ruger No. 1 .458 WinMag with W-W Super brass and 3.550" COL. That was a 5-shot mean with st.dev. of 6.9 fps at 80*F.
2300 fps with the 500-gr FN solid is good in the .458 WM+. So is 2500 fps with the 404-gr Shock Hammer, and probably nothing more than 2400 fps with the 400-gr FN solid by CEB at 3.350" COL is needed. Somewhere between impact at 2200 fps and 2500 fps penetration might be maxed out for an FN solid.
Ron aka "Rip" for Riflecrank Internationale Permanente NRA Life Benefactor and Beneficiary .458 Winchester Magnum, Magnanimous in Victory THE WALKING DEAD does so remind me of Democrap voters. Donkeypox.
