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I have killed half a dozen or more deer and 25-30 coyotes with mine. Hand load a 62g soft point and put it in the boiler room. They go down.

I have a 458 Socom, 6.8 SPC, and a 300 Ham'r that I have intended to hunt deer with, but never have.

I have a 300 grain HP and a 405 grain LBT load ready to go for the .458, and I intend to try the 300 TTSX on test medium. I've got a ready-to-go load with the 120 grain SST for the 6.8, and if they ever become available, I'd like to try the 110 grain Accubond. The 300 Ham'r has three loads ready to go, a 130 grain RN, 135 grain FTX, and a 150 grain Speer spitzer. I want to try the 150 grain Hornady RN in this cartridge, and I have a couple of others that are probably too light/frangible for deer, but coyotes would be in the realm of their capability.

I've shot groundhogs with 5.56/50 grain Blitzkings.

I wouldn't be afraid to try big black bear at all with the .458 Socom.

Used my no longer owned AR15 243 WSSM on a few antelope.
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And used my no longer owned AR15 .204 to kill a few truck loads of coyotes back in the day. Have since gone back to bolt actions.

Why did you get rid of the WSSM?

Just going away from AR's and had a buddy that wanted it. His daughter used it this fall to kill a nice whitetail buck in KS., so it's went to a good home.