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Enaa baasee' Sir Thomas.
Nice deer-killing ballistics for sure.
Turning the mighty .458 WinMag into a Springfield Trapdoor .45-70 Gov't. equivalent, Bullseye Express, is a great thing to do.
Stay tuned for my next attempt.

That will be the Lee 459-405 Hollow Base FN cast in Linotype, PC-painted and sized with same .460" Lee sizer.
It comes out at only 375 grains.
Trying that with 30 grains AA-5744 and hoping for about 1400 fps.
Even if it does not expand on a deer, it will make a bloody big enough hole to do the job,
as Sir Dennis alluded.

Trying another snake shot load too, with those shot capsules. Just one capsule, filled with No. 9 shot.
18 grains of Blue Dot.

And a squirrel load with 145-gr lead ball PC-painted up to 0.460" diameter,
powered by 12 grains of Trail Boss.

Then I am chasing the Nitro Express bracket with six different bullets,
five of them in BHN-25 alloy,
plus one in soft, 20:1 alloy.
Two plain-based, four gas-checked, all PC-painted.

Five shots each bullet, all with same powder charge: 72.0 grains AA-2460.
Bullet weights from 468 grains to 494 grains.
COLs from 3.250" to 3.395".
Loading ratios from 95% to 105% net fill, no drop tube, just mild compression of the loose powder on three of the six loads.

With that much horse crap in the corral, I am bound to find a pony fit to ride.