When it comes to factory ammo in .458 Lott, Hornady kind of has the market cornered.

A recent article in Rifle Shooter magazine compared 500-grain Hornadys, Woodleighs, Barns, TBBCs and Speer African Grand Slams and came to the conclusion that the Hornadys, both solid and softs (Interbond), compare well to Woodleighs, which that author feels is the be all, end all in dangerous game bullets. (I found it interesting that this article on bullets for dangerous game completly ignored Swift A-Frame, which is my first choice in softs for dg)

Now, I handload so I don't have to shoot the Hornady factory loads if I don't want too, however, even in handloading, their bullets are considerably cheaper than some of the others. A cut-a-way of their solid next to a Woodleigh showed the bullets to be almost identical in construction -- at lease in appearance.

My question is, have any of you ever used the Hornady solid on buffalo or elephant? How did they perform? I personally prefer a shorter, round-nose solid like the Hornady or Woodleigh as I feel they are more reliable in a "panic feeding" situation. (This coming from someone who has had jams in "panic" situations. Almost made me want to go out and buy a double -- almost!)

GAHUNTER

I have used with sucess the old and new version of Hornady solide on buffalo

The only worrisome thing was on one fo the new encapsualted solids on a buffalo I had the bullet fishtail I think the term is, i.e the lead pushed a little out of the back

But and as always the but comes in , it wnet through both shoulders of the buff so where the pushing out came in I do not known , the buff went down like a sack of &*% so I was very happy with the performance

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Originally posted by GAHUNTER:

500-grain Hornadys, Woodleighs, Barns, TBBCs and Speer African Grand Slams and came to the conclusion that the Hornadys, both solid and softs (Interbond), compare well to Woodleighs, which that author feels is the be all, end all in dangerous game bullets. (I found it interesting that this article on bullets for dangerous game completly ignored Swift A-Frame, which is my first choice in softs for dg)

A cut-a-way of their solid next to a Woodleigh showed the bullets to be almost identical in construction -- at lease in appearance.[/QUOTE

GAHUNTER, I can't say about the "NEW" Hornady .458 solids, but I've used the old ones on Buffalo, and they were fine. I've also used the Woodliegh, and they are perfect for handloading double rifles, because they conform to the origenal shape, and construction of the Kynoch bullets. Today in a double I am looking at the Northfork cup point solids for everything.

[QUOTE]My question is, have any of you ever used the Hornady solid on buffalo or elephant? How did they perform? I personally prefer a shorter, round-nose solid like the Hornady or Woodleigh as I feel they are more reliable in a "panic feeding" situation. (This coming from someone who has had jams in "panic" situations. Almost made me want to go out and buy a double -- almost!

Sounds like a very good idea to me!