.458 Lott Jack Lott designed the 458 Lott Ammo. Publisher of Petersen's HUNTING magazine, Kevin Steele is at the Steiner Optics booth with Alberto Corbetta to discuss the Predator 4 and Predator 8. While both cartridges can take virtually any type of large and dangerous game animal on the African continent, as well as grizzly and moose here in the U.S., the .375 H&H boasts a greater range of factory-loaded bullet weights. of energy. Save my name and email to use for future comments. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service. The 460 moves 450- to 600-grain .458" bullets much faster than any other commercial rifle; or, when loaded down, moves them at a somewhat reduced speed at significantly lower pressure. The huge .505 Gibbs is not for the faint of heart, but will most definitely stop a charging animal. (Cordite is stable in disgusting climates, and looks like strands of uncooked spaghetti. However, hunters, including the hapless Mr. Lott, found the new cartridge unreliable in hot weather. I shoot a custom 450 Alaskan on a Ruger number one frame. 458 SILENT DEATH. It has enough power to stop an elephant, yet it wont disintegrate a whitetail deer. So at what point does more crunch become meaningless? Plus, it requires a magnum length action. Since they are not at present being produced, but soon to be again, I would consider one over the Ruger. I have wanted a .375 H&H since I was a kid. 28 Nosler 162 Grain Hornady ELD-X- The 28 Nosler is a 7mm (.284) caliber, rebated-rim centerfire rifle cartridge designed by Nosler.Introduced in 2015 and approved by SAAMI on January 19, 2015. The two I got to shoot that I hadn't before was a .460 Weatherby Magnum and a Barrett .50 caliber rifle. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. phone 0419707195 located qld. 220 swift. That bullet passed through its paunch, took the top of the heart, and was recoverd under its jawbone. This is a Beast of a Rifle. Licence # 50001512. These were not welcome attributes for a dangerous-game rifle. About a decade ago, the masterful custom-rifle builder DDarcy Echols arranged for me to borrow a left-hand .404 that he had built, and I was amazed and delighted at how little it kicked, and how quickly I was able to get off aimed repeat shots. At the time, the .458 Win. Stay tuned for a follow up piece devoted to doubles. The author analyzed the 9.3x62 Mauser, .375 H&H Magnum, .416 Remington Magnum, .404 Jeffery, .458 Winchester Magnum, .458 Lott, and .505 Gibbs for trajectory, effective range, and recoil with modern ballistic software available free online from shooterscalculator.com. UPC : 682146420487. The.460 Weatherby Magnum was developed as an African hazardous game rifle cartridge for hunting large, thick-skinned dangerous species in Africa. The result was that no rifle/round combination I know of has a better reputation than a .416 Rigby. Get 12 Issues a year of the country's best firearms writing. MFG #: MDX01N460WR8B. The culprit? 458 lott 458 win. The .458 Lott is also loaded to a slightly higher pressure than the .458 Winchester Magnum (62,500psi vs 60,000psi). Kevin Steele from Petersen's HUNTING speaks to Jordan Egli of Burris Optics about the all-new Veracity PH Riflescope. He looked to improve the performance of the .458 Winchester, and his .458 Lott did just that. The .470 was an immediate success, and it remains the most popular of the Nitro Express cartridges. Welcome to Danger Week. He had an adverse encounter in Mozambique with a buffalo where he suffered some injuries. You're welcome. Just because a bullet diameter is the same between . These cartridges produce so much recoil though, the more fair measure is to compare them to a .30-06 (25 ft-lbsf) which most shooters can tolerate. In its current form, the .500 Nitro Express fires a 570-grain bullet at 2,150 fps, and may well be the top dangerous-game cartridge of all. Never hunted dangerous game but I am pushing 325/350 grain bullets at 2500-2550 fps. It has less recoil than the .375 H&H, but its lower velocity limits its range. As for those who say it is the man behind the rifle that matters- well such people should be ritually flogged. World's most popular community & resource for hunting in Africa since 2007. Introduced in 1989 there was a definite resurgence of the 416s in the late 80s the huge Weatherby case launches a 400-grain bullet at a whopping 2,700 fps, with recoil to let you know you're alive. SKU : APAR308554M27 It's my go to rifle for everything here in Colorado and hopefully one day Africa and Alaska! at 2700 f.p.s. Needless to say it was a blast and a kick. It doesnt require a magnum-length action and has a bit less recoil than the Rigby. me too! It's based on a.378 Weatherby Magnum that's been necked up to take a.458-inch (11.6 mm) bullet. What Lott was looking for was a. Edit Product. Get the 76th edition of the World's Greatest Gun Book. The .375 H&H is perhaps the most versatile rifle cartridge ever developed. Harvesting bison, elk, moose, and brown bear can be performed by lowering the cartridge's performance to meet the criteria. Thank you, Edward J. Palumbo. I have heard the recoil of the .378 Weatherby Magnum described as "soul crushing," and I'm not one to argue with that statement. With a high-BC bullet, the .416 Rem. Took a cape buffalo with the .458 Ruger No 1. SAKO Safari A IV .338 Win Mag. A-Frame (.361 BC/.341 SD) at 2300 fps. The Heym Model 89B, which is the best-thought-out double I know of, scales around 13 pounds in this caliber, which is much more like it. It also requires a lengthy case in which to be loaded.) The toughest 50-round drum magazine for the MP5 on the market! Swift High Grade Dangerous Game ammo in .404 Jeffery. the .475 No. The .500 NE is best used in a double rifle that weighs a lot. Ammo is readily available, but the price is not for the economically challenged. Rigby also built rifles for the round based on the Magnum Mauser action, and these guns were masterpiecesabout as reliable as a repeating firearm could be, and far less money than a double. I have killed two elephant with it and one with the 470 NE. Winchester investigated and found that the heavily compressed loads of ball powder that they were using, had a habit of clumping together causing fickle ignition and less than desirable performance. In addition, a fledgling business of outfitting and guiding foreign hunters in pursuit of these animals was developing, primarily in Kenya, but spreading throughout the continent. The 460 Weatherby Magnum case is made from a necked up.378 Weatherby Magnum case. In the shooting sports we call that reaction recoil or "kick." When coupled with the large powder charge needed for this unnecessary speed, the recoil jumps to .458 Win. Wow. It was hard pressed to do it, so one Jack Lott reversed Winchester's case shortening back to the standard magnum length, enough room for enough powder to . Other professional hunters used the .416 which tends to out speed the .458 Winchester as well. Loaded up a 112g Charge of Win 760, and 114g of H4350. Mag. Far too much emphasis is placed on bullet diameter and not enough on velocity as well as penetration. Their spitzer shape provides reasonable ballistic coefficients (BC) which gives them a flatter trajectory than traditional round-nose dangerous game bullets. A-Frame (.285 BC/.300 SD) at 2275 fps. of energy. That is because they are both high speed bullets. Despite its initial problems, the .458 quickly became hugely popular in Africa, due largely, I suspect, to the low cost of the Model 70 African rifle and the ammunition for it. Sliding up the scale to the .410/.411-inch bore diameter, we find a couple of choices. Barnes Vor-TX Safari ammo in .458 Lott. I have a 3-9x40mm Leupold VX-1 on it and I couldn't be happier. It was designed to compete against the .450 Nitro Express and the .470 Nitro Express cartridges used in big bore British double rifles. This incident made him believe that ammo more powerful than the 458 Winchester ammo he was hunting with was vital for dangerous games. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. 470 EMPIRE. Solid bullets were not tested. The .450 Dakota is a potent .458 caliber cartridge based on the .416 Rigby case design. Ive known only one PH who used it, and he had to replace cracked stocks twice a season.). lbs is quite an increase in footpounds over the lott at 2300ft/sec. The article, however, focuses on bolt-gun cartridges. All the cartridges tested are similar in many ways, yet each is unique. The .458 Winchester Magnum is a belted, straight-taper cased, Big Five game rifle cartridge.It was introduced commercially in 1956 by Winchester and first chambered in the Winchester Model 70 African rifle. Midway USA. 280 Remington; 284 Win; 30 Carbine; 30 Nosler; 30 Rem AR; 30 Remington; 30 TC; 30-06; 30-30 Win; 30-378 Wby Mag; 30-40 Krag; 300 BLK; 300 H&H; 300 Norma Mag; 300 Pegasus; 300 PRC; 300 RCM; 300 Rem . The .500 Nitro Express offers plenty of stopping power, driving a 570-grain bullet to 2,150 fps for over 5,800 ft.-lbs. The .405 Winchester was one of Teddy Roosevelt's favorites, one he called his "medicine gun for lions" while on his famous safari across East Africa. The .500 Jeffery drives that 570-grain bullet to 2,300 fps, and it was until the advent of the .460 Weatherby the most powerful shoulder-fired rifle cartridge. If your main goal is an elephant, buff, or hippo, or you need a no nonsense bear defense gun, the .458s or .505 would serve better if you can handle them well. The .505 Gibbs is just more. You don't want to show up under-gunned on a Cape buffalo hunt. It is about as much gun as I care to shoot from the bench, however in the penultimate moment during a hunt, the recoil seems to vanish. Bullet diameter: .458 in (11.6 mm) It packs plenty of punch. The good thing is that with the developments in modern bullets, many of the cartridges will perform much better than when they were first released. It must be remembered if the bullet does not each the vitals it does not matter how big a caliber you are using as it will fail to incapacitate the elephant or any other dangerous game animal. The .600 is bigger, heavier and slower: a 900-grain bullet at 1,950 fps for 7,600 ft.-lbs. slug 2,100 fps to match the 5,000 f-p energy of the old 450 Nitro Express. The .375 Ruger uses the same case head diameter as the .375 H&H, looses the belt, and uses a wider body to keep the case capacity in the same ballpark as the H&H design. 400 gr. I own and have shot in Africa the .375, 9.3x62, 416 Rem Mag, .458 and a .470 NE. Winchester engineers modified and shortened the .375 H&H cartridge case, and loaded a 500 grain bullet in front of enough powder to provide a muzzle velocity of about 2150 feet per second (FPS), basically replicating the Nitro Express cartridges ballistically. [18] And as PH Buzz Charlton points out, two shots is all you have time for. Compare that against 2 in a 460 magazine. A-Frame (.375 BC/.319 SD) at 2300 fps. The.460 Weatherby Magnum was developed as an African hazardous game rifle cartridge for hunting large, thick-skinned dangerous species in Africa. Don't worry about the people who say either is enough to take out a bull elephant so what more do you need? Most experts agree BCs around .400, or larger, make bullets fly flatter and drift less in cross-winds. Would need a new bolt though. Join Date: May 2, 1999. John Rigby & Company introduced the .416 Rigby in 1911, as an all-around choice for big game hunting, and what an excellent design it is. I'm a bit late this week because of involvement in a deer hunt; so let's get to it! This one is definitely not for the faint of heart. Quantity on Hand: 1. He wanted ammo that could drive a 510-grain bullet at 2150 fps at moderate muzzle pressure. Bullets with a higher BC than the A-Frame increase their reach across the board. bhpo, the point you are trying to make has far less merit than arguing over the virtues of the .458. Petersen's HUNTING Publisher, Kevin Steele is in the CZ booth with Dylan Rice at SHOT Show to talk about CZ 600 Series Trail rifle. Can you really tell a .458 Mag kick from say a .378 Weatherby Magnum? Looking at the ballistic performance of the .375 H&H, you'll find a trajectory highly reminiscent of the .30-06 Springfield, especially with some of the modern bullet developments. When paired with a more aerodynamic bullet, the Three-Seven-Five becomes a genuine 400 yard hammer for large African plains game or North American elk. Another bullet took a large buff from behind the rib cage, quartering forward. The added powder capacity, as well as advances in powder technology, made achieving Winchester's goal with the Win Mag round easily achievable. It drives a 500-grain bullet to 2,600 fps, for over 7,500 ft.-lbs. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. It depends on your needs. Mag. Learn more . Initially, the velocities didn't make that figure, and many hunters complained of a lack in terminal performance. (In 1949, a young PH named Harry Selby bought a .416 Rigby in Nairobi after his double rifle was run over by a truck. 300 gr. Introducing the Veracity PH from Burris, the perfect combination of reliability, quality, and technology delivering a simple aiming solutiona tool for the hunter that just works. It was at the top of the heap, until insurrections in both India and Sudan resulted in the English ban of all .45 caliber ammunition, resulting in the development of many replacement cartridges, but more about that in a minute. 500 gr. The .458 Lott is a .458 caliber rifle cartridge designed for the purpose of hunting large, thick-skinned dangerous game animals in Africa. You may be able to rebarrel your 460 to 458 Lott, or practically any other round. Aero Precision. 6 mm norma br. [1] For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for .458 Lott. Midway USA. In Stock. View other listings from this seller. Fit for everything from deer to the Big Five. I'd rather have a .458 Lott or a .416 Rigby, just because of the terrible price and poor availability of Weatherby brass and loaded ammo. What do you get when you neck a .375 H&H case up to .458? In order to reduce the cartridge length, the Winchester engineers sacrificed powder capacity and instead of getting the 2,150 fps they wanted, the real-world muzzle velocity with a 500-grain bullet was often around 1,900 fps, which is a lot of horsepower to forfeit. A rimmed, straight-walled cartridge, the .405 was introduced in the Model 1895 Winchester, though the Ruger No. Nosler Ammunition, This ancient round was originally designed for black powder, and in that form, it goes back to the 1860s. The weatherby weighs 10.5 lbs. While exquisite double rifles have been seen as the ultimate solution to this problem, most people, even those who can afford a two week hunt in Africa, most often choose a bolt-action, magazine fed rifle. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction; that is one of the physical laws of our universe. 470 Nitro Express Load Data 24" Barrel. . .460 Weatherby Magnum vs .458 Winchester Magnum, .460 Weatherby Magnum vs .600 Nitro Express. The powder Winchester had selectedit clumped inside the case in hot weather. It's the next generation of large-bore suppressors and the first modular big-bore suppressor ever. Both BC and sectional density (SD) are noted for each bullet tested. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/zambia-takeri-reserve-zambias-special-place.64683/, https://www.africahunting.com/threads/zambia-zambian-adventure-takeri-game-reserve.24291/, https://www.africahunting.com/threads/zambia-hunting-report-takeri-private-reserve-zambia.16298/, https://www.africahunting.com/threads/zambia-takeri-reserve-zambia.24065/, https://www.africahunting.com/threaeller-safaris-coenraad-vermaak-safaris.32091/. If you can have only one hunting rifle, the .375 H&H is the one. The harshest winter in recent memory has taken Sign up for the Field & Stream newsletter and get the latest intelligence straight to your inbox. The 400-grain bullets can be pushed to 1,900 or even 2,000 fps in modern loads, making it a good choice for the North American heavyweights, namely the brown bear and bison. JavaScript is disabled. are good rifles to have along. The SOCOM round can fire bullets within a 200-600 grain range, though 250gr, 300gr, and 350gr factory loads are the most common. Weatherby offers a couple cartridges in this bore diameter, and both are faster than the H&H velocity. Case capacity is near identical to the .460 Weatherby, the main difference between the two cartridges being that the .460 is loaded as fast as possible, while using maximum possible freebore to alleviate excessive pressures. 470 CAPSTICK. Q&A: Westley Richards L.D. Barnes Vor-TX Safari ammo in .416 Rigby. A Montana Rifleman 1999 barreled action in 458 Win would be another fine choice, as the action is inherently an improved 70 action. 470 nitro express. It also features a tapered case that offers exceptional flexibility in reloading to lower muzzle velocities. Mag., this country's first dangerous game big bore way back in 1956, was supposed to drive a 500-gr. of energy. ME from a 26" barrel. Many African PHs and Alaskan guides would rather you show up in camp with the .375 you can drive tacks with than the .505 Gibbs which gives you the shakes. John Rigby & Co. released the .450 Nitro Express in 1898, to improve the performance of the old .450 Black Powder Express by using modern, smokeless powder. While the 9.3x62 will get the job done, many African countries require a minimum .375 caliber round. Its a special cartridge, housed in special guns, made for special, perhaps fear-filled, moments. Published Sep 4, 2021 1:00 PM EDT, We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. So swallow that lump in your throat and keep reading. | Mag. Since they do not expand, a solids weight, diameter, and impact energy are the main factors which determine effectiveness. Its 286 grain bullets have the same sectional density as a 300 grain, .375 which means they penetrate deep into big, tough animals. The guy who bought it was just as impressed with the Lott as I was. do you find a cartridge with as much devastating power as the .505 Gibbs. It was a straight-walled case based on a shortened .375 H&H Magnum, driving a 500-grain bullet at an advertized velocity of 2,150 fps, matching the ballistics of the .450 Nitro. If I lived in Africa or Europe, I wouldnt hesitate to get a 9.3x62. 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The treble grip action has removable firing-pin discs. .375 H&H Cartridges. Ive owned a number of them, and shot a lot of game with them, including four Cape buffalo, but for a dedicated dangerous-game rifle, from what Ive seen, I dont think it packs the pork. Westley Richards redesigned it for cordite in 1890 and scrapped its lead bullets for jacketed slugs. The .460 Weatherby Magnum is a step up from the power of the .458 Lott and .450 Rigby. Modern loads will drive the same 400-grainer to 2,350 fps, putting this cartridge in the same realm as the 416s; my own favorite handloads run at a muzzle velocity of 2,280 fps, and in my Heym Express bolt-action rifle, it's one of my favorite rifle/cartridge combinations ever. Though the muzzle velocity may be rather sedate in comparison to some cartridges, the .450/400 3-inch is a wonderful cartridge for buffalo I took one in Mozambique in a trim Heym 89B double and even for elephant. And Im not alone in this opinion. Mag. 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