I’ve shot Win 70 and Brn Safari in 458 factory loads. The worst was a Herters Mauser action. It had the stock design of a bolt action shotgun. It would rattle your teeth. I lucked out and sold it when Dirty Harry craze hit.
Same guy bought it bought a Hawks SA 44mag off me. M29s were almost impossible to get at the time.
The 458 didn’t impress me never shot game with it. The 375H&H did impress me. I had old Sako and I did shoot deer with it. A 458 would punch a hole right through a deer not doing any more damage than 45/70. A magnum like 300 or 7mm will ruin a deer if bad hit. The high velocity with an expanding bullet will blow a white tail deer in half.
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