458 winchester brass

[ozarkrambler]

Im looking for some 458 win brass. Does anyone have any leads on any? Or know how often it becomes available?

Thanks

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

Im looking for some 458 win brass. Does anyone have any leads on any? Or know how often it becomes available?

Thanks

You asked for leads on any .458 Win Mag brass. Viewing various Internet gun forums DAILY will from time to time provide someone selling this brass. That requires work, albeit not very hard work. The last I saw was bags or (50) for $130 delivered. I tried to buy four or five bags but the seller refused to combine shipping, i.e. put it all in one shipping box and discount the order by $20 or so. I passed on this brass as a matter of principle. I guess we were both pretty stubborn.

When it was available two or more years ago, RavenRocks dot com, an AH sponsor listed this brass at $2.26 each. When it is once again available I think the price will be $2.40 to $2.50 each or higher.

AmmoSeek dot com is another tool but you probably tried it already.

Two weeks ago I saw this add for 220 rounds of new but vintage .458 Win Mag ammunition for $600 shipped. I calculated the cost per round at $2.73.

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Thread '220 Rounds 458 Win Mag'

Feb 10, 2026

All in excellent serviceable condition

$600 Shipped

DISCREET Venmo, Paypal FF, Zelle, or Personal Check

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Perhaps some on AH thought I was out of my mind to buy vintage ammo to shoot in my trusty Heym double rifle. It that were true, then maybe I would have been.

I recognized the vintage ammunition would provide me with not only impossible to obtain .458 Win brass at $2.26 or less each piece, but also practice bullets at less than $.50 each.

My RCBS collet bullet puller with a .45 caliber collet will make quick work of breaking down this ammo.

Prior to pulling the bullets I plan to measure each round for their seating depth consistency. I will log each measurement into a spreadsheet and use the results to contribute to @Hunter-Habib 's thread about consistency of old .458 Win ammo.

Thread 'The Rumors From All Those Years Ago Really Were True'

Feb 13, 2026

My late friend, Tanzanian white hunter Terry Irwin often told me that the Winchester brand bullets for their .458 Winchester Magnum ammunition were inconsistently sized. And that this frequently impacted terminal ballistic performance. My white hunter Lionell Palmer told me the same thing during a Safari to Botswana in 1975. I didn’t actually think much about it, all these years until today.

A friend (who owns an FN Mauser Series 300 chambered in .458 Winchester Magnum) recently bought a ton of vintage ammunition at an auction. Amongst the ammunition variants, were pre 1969 Winchester...

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The above photos are from Amazon dot com. These tools are easy to buy.

I recommend that when available, buy two to three years' worth of brass to be prepared for the inevitable times of famine.

I hope this information helps you and/or others in their searches. For me, the searches are part of the fun!