.458 Lott recoil is no joke

The difference between my wife and my .458 is I can govern when the .458 goes off! If only the rifle could keep me warm at night... :E Laugh:
@Forrest Halley
My dad used to say guns and women were exactly the same.
If you squeeze a guns trigger at the wrong time you end up I'm the shit. If you squeeze a woman at the wrong time same result you end up in the shit.
BUT you can get a good bang out of both.
As you say at least you can control when and how a gun goes off but with a woman it's like playing with a dangerous overload at times. Very explosive and uncontrolled and can be injurious to your person.
Fortunately mine has a long fuse.
Bob
 
To be honest I think you picked the wrong rifle for a big bore. Ruger No 1s are kinda notorious for felt recoil. I think one in 257 Roberts would be sooo cool though.
 
To be honest I think you picked the wrong rifle for a big bore. Ruger No 1s are kinda notorious for felt recoil. I think one in 257 Roberts would be sooo cool though.
@colorado
A 257 Roberts anything is cool.
Loaded with a 100gn TTSX at 3,200fps makes a fine and dandy round. Even 117grain SST work well at 3,000fps.
The 257 Roberts is everything the 243 wanted to be but never will be. A great dual purpose cartridge.
Bob
 
@colorado
A 257 Roberts anything is cool.
Loaded with a 100gn TTSX at 3,200fps makes a fine and dandy round. Even 117grain SST work well at 3,000fps.
The 257 Roberts is everything the 243 wanted to be but never will be. A great dual purpose cartridge.
Bob
Imagine that...Bob strolling in to give us all a yarn about a quarter bore...we were talking about recoil...but no...now it's off to the races on some 6.35mm madness. I quite like the .243 it's everything a .223 isn't and can kill deer...wonder if I'll get the chance this year. I'll probably be more interested in carrying a boomer.
 

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Hi Roklok
I read your post on Caprivi. Congratulations.
I plan to hunt there for buff in 2026 oct.
How was the land, very dry ? But à lot of buffs ?
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Chopped up the whole thing as I kept hitting the 240 character limit...
Found out the trigger word in the end... It was muzzle or velocity. dropped them and it posted.:)
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
2,822fps, ES 8.2
This compares favorably to 7 Rem Mag. with less powder & recoil.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR MY RIFLE, ALWAYS APPROACH A NEW LOAD CAUTIOUSLY!!*
Rifle is a Pierce long action, 32" 1:8.5 twist Swan{Au} barrel
{You will want a 1:8.5 to run the heavies but can get away with a 1:9}
Peterson .280AI brass, CCI 200 primers, 56.5gr of 4831SC, 184gr Berger Hybrid.
Fire Dog wrote on AfricaHunting.com's profile.
I know that this thread is more than a year old but as a new member I thought I would pass along my .280AI loading.
I am shooting F Open long range rather than hunting but here is what is working for me and I have managed a 198.14 at 800 meters.
That is for 20 shots. The 14 are X's which is a 5" circle.
 
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