.458 Lott too much for North American Big game?

[Flbt]

so ive been hunting small and medium size game for years, and would like to make the jump to some bigger game animals( Moose, Bear, Nilgai, Buffalo).....

now i have rifles in damn near every caliber up to .375HH.....and i am more than confident .375 will take any game i plan on hunting.....but would i be better served with a .458 (or other .4xx caliber)? or would that be "too much" for anything in N.A.?

right now im leaning towards a CZ550 in .458

thanks for the help

I have used a 45-70 and 444
Yea I know the 458l is a lot more but with most bullets it will probably leave a 45 cal hole would be my guess.
And before my arm was hurt I looked at buying a 458 win for deer and hogs

 

[Flbt]

Sometimes I think heroine and hookers would have been a cheaper hobby than boomers and bullets but there is more longevity in the guns unless your wife finds out what we really pay for stuff!

No every time I show up with a new gun the wife pulls out the ruger or breattea catalog

 

[kukusya]

Doesn’t matter what content or game species. Everyone need Thor hammer, to anchor animals.

 

[mgstucson]

No every time I show up with a new gun the wife pulls out the ruger or breattea catalog

Buy them all on Gun Broker and just tell her you "won" them.

You wouldn't want to lie.

 

[Safari Dave]

Why would anyone risk a going into the forest with a cartridge that is too small???

It is foolhardy to risk having a widow, and especially small children, raised by a some random dude that is too dumb to know he doesn't need a "stopping" rifle.


If memory serves, my wife bought me a .458 Win Mag for my first Christmas present after we were married in 1991.

It was a push-feed Winchester Model 70, but at least her heart was in the right place!

 

[kukusya]

No every time I show up with a new gun the wife pulls out the ruger or breattea catalog

Tip for happy life. Always give your wife 50% cash value of gun you bringing home.

 

[hoytcanon]

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so ive been hunting small and medium size game for years, and would like to make the jump to some bigger game animals( Moose, Bear, Nilgai, Buffalo).....

now i have rifles in damn near every caliber up to .375HH.....and i am more than confident .375 will take any game i plan on hunting.....but would i be better served with a .458 (or other .4xx caliber)? or would that be "too much" for anything in N.A.?

right now im leaning towards a CZ550 in .458

thanks for the help

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68.0 grains H4895 with Barnes Original 400 SP's, very reasonable recoil and terrific on NA medium and large game out to 250 yards.

 

[Flbt]

Buy them all on Gun Broker and just tell her you "won" them.

You wouldn't want to lie.

She would still want to get another one to
She has funny taste 3032,bearcat,lcp,lcr,
10-22
Charter arms
Colt vest pocket
Bondarms dilinger
H&r 410
Lol but at least she likes guns and hunting

 

[WoodencrossIII]

I had a Lott in a cz550 but I traded it because I need more range really than it’s able, for everything tho it will do it. Prolly 200 yards maybe 250 max but it’s a big hole. I like 375 H&H suits me better hits hard and can carry out there deer elk bear and Africa can be gotten with the tried and true 375h&h

 

[HWL]

.458 Lott is barely enough for
North American Big Game.
.460 Weatherby Magnum is just the ticket!

HWL

 

[mgstucson]

She would still want to get another one to
She has funny taste 3032,bearcat,lcp,lcr,
10-22
Charter arms
Colt vest pocket
Bondarms dilinger
H&r 410
Lol but at least she likes guns and hunting

She sounds like a keeper.

I'm looking for a woman who likes hunting, fishing, and guns for committed relationship and possible marriage. Only serious inquiries, including picture, will receive response.

Please send picture - of hunting dogs, fishing boat (including motor), and guns.

I have been told I'm a hopeless romantic. Well they actually only said hopeless, but I am sure that is what the meant.

 

[Flbt]

She sounds like a keeper.

I'm looking for a woman who likes hunting, fishing, and guns for committed relationship and possible marriage. Only serious inquiries, including picture, will receive response.

Please send picture - of hunting dogs, fishing boat (including motor), and guns.

I have been told I'm a hopeless romantic. Well they actually only said hopeless, but I am sure that is what the meant.

Well we are working on year 28 now

 

[mgstucson]

Congratulations on the 28 years. That is becoming more rare. My post above was just a joke. My wife has been putting up with me going on 46 years. She would probably divorce me and take up with 2 30 something year olds, but she says training the young ones is just too exhausting. She has me pretty well in hand most of the time now. She sure had some rough corners to knock off in the early years though. I am not where she wants me to be, but I am a long ways from where I used to be.

 

[hoytcanon]

Congratulations on the 28 years. That is becoming more rare. My post above was just a joke. My wife has been putting up with me going on 46 years. She would probably divorce me and take up with 2 30 something year olds, but she says training the young ones is just too exhausting. She has me pretty well in hand most of the time now. She sure had some rough corners to knock off in the early years though. I am not where she wants me to be, but I am a long ways from where I used to be.

Congrats... we are on 38... although every time I plan a trip, she tells me she won't be there when I get back... but she always is... lol. At this point it is just white noise. Live life large, let the chips fall where they may...