Recommendations for .458 Lott handloads using the Barnes 450 grain TS would be appreciated.

Does it make sense to put a recoil reducer in the butt stock? And if so, what would you recommend?

Thanks

I haven't tried the 450 TSX, but did run some old style 450 X's in my first 458 Lott. The problem with the bullet is it is mega long! Comparing a 500 gr hornady to a 450 barnes, the 450 barnes shrinks the powder capacity to that of a 458 win mag.

In my tests, RL 7 was too fast, and RL 15 was too slow. I don't know what the ideal powder would be, I guess something medium fast and dense.

All I can offer you is information on the 500 grain TSX and Banded Solids, in the 458Lott..

I use H4895..Barnes Manual has data on this...you can call them ...if you need in a hurry I can give you the min./max in the 450grain "X" from the Barnes manual..

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Originally posted by jjs:
All I can offer you is information on the 500 grain TSX and Banded Solids, in the 458Lott..

I use H4895..Barnes Manual has data on this...you can call them ...if you need in a hurry I can give you the min./max in the 450grain "X" from the Barnes manual..

Hodgdon recommends 76 grains of H4895 as a start. I'll give that a try. Thanks. My rifle is a BRNO 602 and I will have to check over all length to see how that goes with that bullet. not

Barnes also list 76grains of H4895 as a starting load for the 450 grain standard "X"...velocity they noted (26"barrel) is 2302fps for 76grains H-4895....max. velocity listed is 2453fps with standard 450grain "X" and H-4895.

My rifle was a CZ550 in 458 Lott...this rifle had a bit of freebore...so I was able to seat to an OAL that worked fine...even with the 500grain TSX and Banded Solids...not sure about 602s

Thanks for that. Once done I'll report back.