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Originally posted by Fury01:
Agreed. That is why I love Iron Sights! Now having said that, I have never had a scope failure and that covers about 45 of my 59 years. Burris and Leupold mostly. I remember Burris used to advertise their dual springs assembly. Don't know if that was important. They also had a PosiLock that I am sure worked pretty well as it locked the adjustment mechanism in place. Don't think it sold well enough to keep though.

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
I shot some DG with the .458 with handloads and found it and excellent killer..It got off to a bad start when the firearms companies advertised 2150 or there abouts and folks with chronographs were getting 1900 FPS..the .458 almost didn;t survive that, but it hung in there and holds a place in DG rounds today..

I like it with a 480 or 500 gr. bullets at 2000 FPS plus and try to get 2100 at least, thus I always use a 24 inch barrel. A complaint Ihave is load density, to get 2000 plus you must cram the case, and I don't prefer to do that..My approach to the 45 caliber big bore is the 458 Lott, loaded down to 2200 FPS..That is about a ideal elephant or anything else killer as one could ask for, and a 458 solid at 2100 to 2200 will penetrate at least a Sherman tank, and maybe a Nazi Panzer! much less a elephants head!

But IMO, the 416 and 404 is just as good and has been my preference over the years..

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
..It got off to a bad start when the firearms companies advertised 2150 or there abouts and folks with chronographs were getting 1900 FPS..the .458 almost didn;t survive that, but it hung in there and holds a place in DG rounds today..

I like it with a 480 or 500 gr. bullets at 2000 FPS plus and try to get 2100