500grains,


As a righty, you can always just buy what you want. As a lefty, I have to work at it.

At some point, I'll winnow down the collection and piss the proceeds away on more hunting.

George

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Scott let us know what the psychologist says. We're all worried about you.

TROLL EXPOSED!!! TROLL EXPOSED!!! TROLL EXPOSED!!!

Pecos45 aka Todd E aka James Smith - a useless POS dumb troll!!!

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Scott let us know what the psychologist says. We're all worried about you.

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Knock it off.

George

George,

I know you are ignoring me, but I must concur with your last post.

Since you are the moderator, is there nothing you can do to stop this childish namecalling, before it gets completely out of hand?

Scott

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The above buff equals one more big game animal than armchair experts Mike375 & Scott Sweet have taken BETWEEN them.

Georgy boy, you have turned your forum into the TROLL CENTRE

TROLL CENTRE...........Fully endorsed and practiced by forum Moderator GeorgeS

Mike

George, have you considered any of the metal coatings out there? Falconcoat, Gunite, Titanium Nitride, or the varios Robar finishes all would be at home in Africa I would think. Titanuim Nitride can be made to be look very similar to blueing.

Joe

It reminds me of my former mother-in-law!

George

GeorgeS

Have you considered a scope for this gun? A low powerd scope could be nifty

Why the 458 winny?, there are funnier rounds out there.

Cheers
/ JOHAN

Hi Johan,

Yes, I will mount a scope on this rifle (hence the Talley bases, which will accommodate both a scope and a peep sight).

I have several candidate scopes: Burris 1.5x, Burris 1.75x-5x (for range work), Burris 2.5x, Leupold 2.5x. Once the gun is built, I'll see which one gives me the best sight picture when the gun is mounted quickly.

As to why a .458WM, I do have the .470 Capstick for the really big stuff like buff, hippo, and elephant, so I thought something a bit smaller would be fun to play with. The plentiful supply of light (300gr.-400gr.) bullets allows for lots of relatively inexpensive practice while still keeping me acclimated to big bore recoil, too.

George

Hello GeorgeS

This will be an really nifty rifle. The 458 is not completely impotent soo I guess it would work fine. Please post pictures when it's completed. I have to remember a droll rag by the computer

Sounds like all you need is some nice animals and a patch of bushland

Cheers
/JOHAN