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Anyone have experience with this round or conversion? I have a Ruger no.1 in .458 Lott and read that it can be 'improved' by having a gunsmith straighten the chamber to create a small shoulder and slightly increase powder capacity. Apparently velocity gain is somewhat nominal (50-100fps) and...

^^^this!

and now you're older you know for certain that you didn't!

I live in Australia and hunt all manner of local game with a .458 Lott and find it to be most satisfactory. Be sure to use the most frangible light weight bullets you can find loaded to the highest possible velocity with the intention that those big heavy bullets will presumably dump all of...

I would not use a .308 for anything dangerous up close. I used to use a .308 for most of my hunting and have seen far too many large pigs and deer hit solidly, sometimes with multiple shots and still keep on running. Some of them, especially large angry boars (with the exception of head shots)...

Clearly the only way out of this dilemma is to get both.

Should come in handy for taking care of those pesky Tyrannosaurus

I started reloading about 12 months ago and have never looked back, besides the huge amount of money it saves from not having to buy factory ammo for a large caliber rifle, the ability to now be able to load whatever type of ammunition I want to whatever velocitys I desire has added an extra...

Definately a nice toy, looks plenty accurate enough to (hopefully) stop a determined rabbit charge too...

Photo of the Leupold red dot zeroed at 100m, on a good day I can repeatedly hit a 30cm round target out to around 200m which is plenty accurate enough for my general needs. The dot has adjustable brightness levels and is actually a lot smaller than it looks in the photos.

Good advice. I was originally intending on specifically getting a .458 of some kind, but in the last couple of days have been researching other larger rounds as well such as the .416 and even some of the 500's (Although I suspect recoil wise they may turn out to be too much of a good thing)

That's exactly what I found with the .375 At first I was scared of it because I really didn't know what to expect, all I knew was that those rounds looked way bigger than anything else i'd ever fired. I actually carried the gun around the bush with me hunting a few times before I was game to...

Yes it definately looks like that's how things will be going down for me as well, Buy the gun, hope for the best, then squeeze the trigger and hold on. then after my ears stop ringing and the sensation finally returns to my arm, hopefully not have to pick up too many teeth!

Thanks for your reply, That's certainly put my mind at ease as i've been considering something in .458 for my next purchase but due to where I live I will more than likely that I have to purchase the rifle online without having the chance to fire it first, so it was definately in the back of my...

I have one of these in .375H&H (now rechambered to .375 Weatherby magnum) and I really like it. They're a solid well made little rifle and the weatherproof stainless and laminate means you don't have to be too precious with it. I did need to sand down the points on the grip and checkering as I...

I use 300gn Woodleigh soft points loaded to maximum in my .375 Weatherby magnum with a Leupold red dot scope zeroed at 100m (actually just slightly above the point of aim) and can hit targets out to around 200m. Of course where I hunt most of my shots are in fairly close scrub but it's an...

I tried a few different options for my .375 Weatherby before finally settling on a Leupold red dot zeroed at 100m. The country I hunt is predominantly scrub and it makes an excellent close range sledge hammer for hogs, deer, foxes, kangaroos and other assorted vermin.

Also while we're on this topic for anyone in the know - how would you compare the .375 H&H to the .458 WM or .458 Lott?

As someone who not so long ago found myself in the exact same situation you are in right now, I have to warn you that once you go down this road there is no turning back. Once you buy one big rifle, you will quickly want another bigger one. ^^^THIS I though i'd get one nice bigger caliber and...

I have a stainless/laminate Sako 85 Kodiak in .375 It's actually a decent quality rifle for the price and the stainless and grey laminate means it's weather proof so I don't mind carrying it around in the rain. It was originally chambered in .375H&H but I took it to the gunsmith and had him...