Recent content by abliving1

As a nearly three decade full-auto and dangerous game rifle enthusiast, I guess I have developed a very low tolerance for "silly" when it comes to firearms and the cartridges they fire. Once I hit 50 next year will probably officially fall into the “old curmudgeon” category. That said...

@Fleetman: Yes I do, but I have only recently started planning an African hunt. My big game thus far has been limited to American bison and a few tough old 350+ pound feral boars thus far, but I do use my big rifles for these if for nothing more than practice for a later dangerous game hunt...

You are quite right, though I will add that the Lott and Weatherby are still considered high-pressure cartridges compared to the Rigby, and the Weatherby, while similar to the Rigby and Dakota, with the exception of the belt, also has about 6% more case capacity, giving it that advantage as well.

@Robert: Yes, I should probably begin to look at some non-.458 caliber rifles as well. I think I have now exhausted the .458's as far as utility and performance, and found the .450 Rigby to be the winner there. @Fleetman: The .460 is definitely king where velocity for that particular bullet...

I know this subject has been beaten several feet into the ground over time, but in the last couple of years, I have done a little research at the range and at the reloading bench and discovered a couple of things: 1. The .458 Lott is not the ideal .458 cartridge. I recently converted my...