I bought my first new to me Big Bore rifle.
A Model 700 Custom shop .458 Win Mag.
Looking to take it on a Brown Bear Hunt in a couple of years, and then to Africa.
Yes it is only a Push Feed.......but I think she should work just fine.
She has very pretty wood, and a cheek piece like I like. I just wished I reloaded. Good think federal makes decent ammo. (and cheap too)
Thanks for letting me share.
W.

great for you!
learn to reload .. its detail intensive and requires coaching, but it aint rocket surgery

And you will save a pile of money, if you shoot a lot.

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Originally posted by woodsie:
I bought my first new to me Big Bore rifle.
A Model 700 Custom shop .458 Win Mag.
Looking to take it on a Brown Bear Hunt in a couple of years, and then to Africa.
Yes it is only a Push Feed.......but I think she should work just fine.
She has very pretty wood, and a cheek piece like I like. I just wished I reloaded. Good think federal makes decent ammo. (and cheap too)
Thanks for letting me share.
W.

EXCELLENT

Congratulations on your new big bore and best wishes for many years of successful, exciting and memorable hunts with it. Great rifle, great caliber, great round. From what I have read here and elsewhere, many a DG have fallen to it.

As Jeffe and JD said - take up reloading.

The equipment is relatively inexpensive and while some would claim reloading is less expensicve than buying factory ammo - it really is not.

The reason is that you will shoot your rifle so much more that the cost will be the same though the cost per shot will be far less.

Your quarry will thank you for your skill and confidence that will lead to the one shot necessary to take him cleanly (due to all of that practice) rather than the botched shot because you wanted to save a box of expensive ammo for the hunt so didn't practice enough.

AND, you can tailor the loads to suit your purpose whether killing watermellons and pumpkins or taking aim at Jumbo's brain.

Congrats again.

Paul

Well I just Joined the Big Bore Club also.
I got new 375 H&H Winchester that I picked up Yesterday. Now on to the next.
Oh I should mention that I now have Two, I have a 45-70 Buffalo rifle also. . . I hear you can shoot through two Buffalo front to back with that thing with the right bullets.


p.s just Kidding on the 45-70 I know the minimum to do that is a 45-90

Look at Hornady ammo if you don't reload.

Don't worry about the push feed, I've seen just as many issues with control feed.

Agree'd, Fact is the only action I have ever had a real problem with that could have gotten me killed in a bad situation was a control feed mauser! All my push feeds have fed like corn thru a Goose. Congrat's.