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Originally posted by pagosawingnut:
Out of my Ruger in .458 Lott, the DGX didn't provide the performance that I was expecting. I never got a chance to the DGS. While I killed the buffalo with the DGX, the 2 bullets we recovered didn't fare too well. The factory ammo out of my Ruger chrono'd at 2237 and shot well but I personally think that the jacket material is too brittle. The first bullet we recovered had started to mushroom and the mushroom sheared off of the bullet ahead of the ogive. Velocity on my handloads through the chrono were 2254 fps and very consistent. The second bullet had sheared off at the cannelure for most of the circumference of the bullet except for about 1/3 of the jacket material was still standing without any lead left. Have heard good reports from the PH's about the DGS but the ones I hunted with don't like the DGX very much. Just my .02