Posted on 12/13/2017 8:11:00 AM PST by w1n1
The .458 Winchester Magnum remains one of the most popular dangerous game cartridges. The .458 Winchester Magnum was designed for hunting dangerous game animals by emulating the performance of powerful English double rifle cartridges in a bolt-action rifle.
The use of a bolt-action rifle offered hunters a cheaper alternative to the big-bore double rifle, and ammunition could be manufactured using available tooling.
In this video, Youtuber IraqVeteran8888 takes a Ruger M77 chambered in the venerable .458 Winchester Magnum and destroy some things.
Lets see what happens to some soft targets with this powerhouse of a round. Such as: pumpkins, watermelons, 5-gallon buckets of water and frozen turkeys. This round is very destructive, have a look at look at this .458 Winchester video here.
You can also get a 458 SOCOM on an AR platform and have faster follow up shots.
.458 Winchester Magnum: 400gr bullet at 2468ft/s
.458 SOCOM: 405gr bullet at 1600ft/s
Good recommendation.
For combat
he f’d p, you cut a small hole in the top of a pumpkin and fill it with water, then you shoot it. It blow up good
.460 Weatherby: 500 gr bullet, 2600 ft/s
458 Win Mag 530gr was 2200 ft/sec...
6.5 X 54 Mannlicher, 160 grain bullet at 2450 fps., a proven elephant killer.
Walter Bell (aka Karamojo) killed 800 elephants using a 98 mauser, rechambered for a .275 Rigby cartridge with a 173 grain FMJ bullet.
.275 Rigby is just the English name for the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge, which was developed in 1892. Bell did use John Rigby & Sons Mauser rifles.
Interesting: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/walter-d-m-bell-aka-karamojo-bell.3161/
.22Lr: 40 grain bullet at 1250 ft/s
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