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Recently, I’ve been playing with a braked 458 Lott. I have to say after 50 rounds off the bench it is a joy to shoot. Yes it recoils but it is not in the least bit punishing to the shoulder. The rifle comes straight back with little rise. I have no idea what brand brake it is, it appears to...

Thanks Trshot. You certainly can’t argue the results, but had I a chance to do over…a different bullet for sure. There was no evidence of expansion on this bushbuck shot through the shoulders.

This is the typical expansion for the XTP from the 454. The bullet was retrieved from a log after passing through both shoulders of a wild boar. I believe it lost about 25 grains of the original 300gr weight.

I would use the swift A-frame if I do it again, I also had a number of the old 300gr nosler HG partitions loaded up but I choose the XTP based on previous performance and Doctari’s suggestion to not use premium bullets (at least for a rifle).

It is kind of a joke back home. That is the club pistol shoot medal (plastic) I won just before my trip. I did the same with the buffalo I shot a couple years ago.

Freedom Arms Model 83 in 454 Casull with 7-1/2” barrel. That is a Burris FASTFIRE 2 4MOA sight with a Freedom Arms red dot base.

After bumping the lioness numerous times (as close as 7-8 meters and once well after sunset), a near spine miss in the shoulders, and a kilometer track, she stood for a fight tail swishing and growling. After lifting her head in advance of the charge, I placed two quick shots offhand in the...

Great pictures. Glad the bullets worked out for you. That is a beautiful rifle, i can see why you wanted to hunt africa with it. Let me know how the shipping is going. Mark

This won’t help you with your search for bullets in SA, but I used hand made bullets in my 7.5” freedom arms 454. I hard cast RCBS 300gr gas check Keith wadcutter and swaged on a turned down 10mm auto case to the tip of the bullet. The finished bullet weighed 348gr and has a 0.43” metplat...

I wasn‘t familiar with the punch bullet. It looks like a good design but they are no longer made unfortunately. I agree, the buster would be a much better bullet with a larger meplat. What about the 300XTPM loaded backwards? The case may have to be shortened to line up with the cannelure.

When I decided to take a cape buffalo with my revolver there was only two types of dangerous game bullets available; monolithic solid copper or hard cast wide flat nose (WFN). The problem with the monolithic solid is the density of copper is about 15% less than lead and copper has greater...

"LIAM URRY SAFARIS" Thanks Liam! I got that lucky feeling I am going to Africa!!