For a.458 Lott...

How do the 500 gr. Hornady Interlock bullets compare to the 500 gr. DGX?....as it relates to expansion, uniformity, penetration, etc...(driven at the same speeds)

I am looking at them for game up to and including Buffalo.

Judging from my experience shooting both bullets out of my 450 NE which is lower velocity than the Lott I would not use either of them on game larger than maybe Elk. Neither hold together that well but they are great for practice.

Wade, use THE source. Michael has done the research for you in the terminal bullet performance thread.

As always- opinions vary-
and-
Not to start the arguments up again-

While my experience in a 450 NE, has been quite good and I have read the results of Ivan Carter and others have been good as well.

It appears the Hornady 458's both DGS and DGX are quite the subjects of contention-with the DGS being the more controversial of the two it would appear.

Between the wet paper trap testing and hunting results-
Some hunters and testers have had reported some poor performance.

I also have done wet trap testing with my 450 NE yielding-good penetration results-
(No mine was not as extensive as some posted here)

We all know-
There are many good bullets to choose from-
I typically load what the weapon shoots better-
Some of my guns it wil be Barnes, some Swift, some North Fork, some CEB , some Woodleigh-etc

In my 450 NE I'm loading three weights of Hornady- all with excellent accuracy and good field results-

As always -your mileage may vary

The 500 gr Interlocks are my favorite of the two and so far have done perfectly on our large bears



The one on the left is a 220 gr partition from a Brown bear and te second from the left is a 400 gr 416 Rem Interbond and the one to the right is a 500 gr 458 Interbond.
then there is the 570 gr TSX from a 505 Gibbs and a 900 gr Woodleigh from a 600 OverKill

The Hornady Interbonds stand up well

How in the world did the Swift, Barnes and Northfork get left out of consideration?

In my .458 the Hornaday is very accurate, but so is the Barnes. Why hunt with a Hornaday?

Phil's post above gives obvious evidence as to the Hornaday performance but I see no advantage over Barnes.

There is no need to leave any of the great bullets out of consideration but there are no flies on the Hornady bullets

Here is a photo of a side by side test I did between 400 Gr Swift A-Frames in the 404 Jeffery and the 500 gr Hornady from my 458. They were both shot into the same package of damp magazines.
The 404 was giving over 100 fps higher velocity yet penetrated only 3/4 as deep as the Hornady.
This photo shows where the 404 stopped at 18 " and the 458 continued for another 6". The further damage is obvious.

480 grain DGX from Hornady 450 NE factory ammo pulled out of a water-buffalo last year. After 6 blew up at that modest speed, I wouldn't even consider using them at Lott speed. Besides, there's A-Frames and I don't need other choices.

I used Hornady's for practice and Northforks to hunt

They are inexpensive but why skimp on a hunt?
Shot 3-400 DGS and DGX's in practice for said hunt

My .375x62 has been used with the 300 gr. Hornadys at 2390 FPS with excellent results in every case on both plainsgame and buffalo. I suppose perhaps the lower velocity is the reason they have worked so well.

I have also used them in my 375 H&H but I load it at 2450 to 2550 and they have worked at that velocity..

The DGX also worked in the 375x62, so again perhaps its the lower velocity..but I have not used either bullet extensively and that is the way to judge a bullets performance..All the great bullets come about over long periods of success ala the Nosler, Woodleigh, North Fork, and GS Customs as good examples.

I have had capppy results with the DGX bullet. I had .375 bullets break up time and time again on my last trip (375 RUM). Shot a Red Heartbeest and it did not pass thru, shot a Waterbuck with less than 6 in of pen. and a poor livingstons eland I shot 5 times....ughh



I took 2 of the bullets by the Hornady booth at DSC, and they just kind of looked at then and said hummmm...it happens... I will not hunt with a DGX bullet again.

On the other side of the coin--I have had very good results with the interlock bullet over the years...still pleased with them and happy hornady has brought back alot of the calibers I shoot like the 404, 450/400 and 416 rigby.

Ed

If you want the interlocks better get them now, they are on the production hold list from Hornady.

This is from last years black bear. The lead went all the way through but this only penetrated 8 inches. I would never use these on anything bigger then an elk.

@458win,

Phil did you try the Partition in your 458 win mag ?

all the best.

Phil

Not yet, but I don't expect them to be anything but good

MOst of todays bullets are good, most of you were not around back when bullet failure was 19 out of a box of 20, or at least what we call bullet failure today...

The biggest mistake I have seen and I seen some of it on this blog from time to time is some folks do not shoot a specific bullet at its design perimiters such as shooting a Hornady or Sierra in a 375 RUM caliber for instance and of course it blew up. That same bullet in a 375 H&H at 2500 FPS performs with excellence as does the Hornady DGX in my 375X62 at 2390 FPS...

I know of a 150 gr. Barnes X coming apart from a 30-378 rifle on an elk, He also tells me he destroyed a Nosler with that rifle, both were shot at close range and that figures. Both bullets were out of their perimeter design..both elk had multiple exit wounds, albiet both died on the spot.

Todays bullet makers are the best in history and they do a bang up great job, but you still have to choose the proper bullet for the job at hand..and even then such things as metal failure, a bubble or whatever can cause and ocasional blowup..

Woodleigh for instance are stated to be velocity specific and they darn sure work at those specs, so does Nosler, GS Customs and North Fork..I would add Hornadys to that list as I have never had a failure with them, but I am not a velocity kind of guy! I go with the moderation bunch!

Not condeming anyone or fast rifles, just makeing a suggestion to prevent ruining a good hunt, study and use the proper bullet and in those ultra fast caliber that usually suggests to me the monolithics in med to heavy weights.