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Anyone have experience with a good.458 deer bullet at say 2300 ish fps, im thinking ftx325 gr , i have fireformed a bunch with350 speer fp and they shoot great but they are actually made for the 458 win, thinking they may be a bit too heavy jacketed for whitetail, any info would be greatly appreciated

Any flat nosed 45 cal bullet punching a hole through a deer should work fine, even the lowly 45 cal round ball works well.

I shoot the Speer HotCor 350gr in the 450 at about 2300fps. I didn't think they were that heavily constructed. Something like the Swift A-frame 400gr FN is more of a heavy duty bullet to me. Maybe a Sierra 300gr FP? You could pretty easily get that to 2300fps.

I'm just glad to see the 350gr Speer back in stock. Along with 3031.