I've owned and shot a few heavy caliber rifles including .50 cal. and even .700 Nitro Express. (Didn't own the .700, but shot one a couple times at Holland&Holland shooting grounds. At over $300. per round I was soon out of the mood for more shooting, and even moreso because of it's insane recoil. Attached is a pic of the .700 compared to .458 WM, to give you some idea how I suffered.) I've remained a fan of the .458 because they've been offered in a wide variety of makes and models, with excellent choices of ammo and bullets for handloading. These three .458's, from top: a Ruger 77 I bought because of the wood. Center is a nice custom job on Pre-64 M-70 by Pete Grisel with octangular barrel, integral quarter rib and drop box magazine for an extra round. I've never hunted with it or the Ruger, but the rifle at bottom, built around a milsurp Mauser 98 has been a workhorse on several elephant and cape buffalo hunts and a photo of a much younger me with 1st lion and buffalo taken with it.
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