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Thread: Used my 458 socom for deer this year

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    Used my 458 socom for deer this year

    I hunt on our property in central Georgia every year. This year I decided to use my 458 socom. I have a lot of bullet choices for my 458 but I found a really accurate load for beartooth bullets 350gr cast. I decided to use this load and see how it worked. I was in my blind early but it was a super quiet morning. Around 9am I had a doe walk out and mill around for a while. After a few minutes she bolted into the woods. That’s when a nice 6 point stepped out at about 75 yards. He walked toward me and turned to walk into the woods. That’s when I took the shot. He bucked and ran into the woods. I waited a bit then when I’m after him. He made it about 20 yards and fell. I hit both lungs but missed his heart. The damage was amazing. No shock he didn’t go far. Second picture is entrance and 3rd is exit
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    Good job on the shot placement, and great bullet performance. What was the FPS of the load. Would like to see some pics of the cartridge. Thanks for sharing.

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    I'll second the request for FPS and pics!
    I'm a big fan of data-driven decisions. You want to make me smile, show me a spreadsheet! Extra points for graphs and best-fit predictive equations.

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    That chest cavity pic looks to have some major spinal damage. I'm surprised he went 20 yard. Good eatin right up to the hole....
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    Just checked my shooting log. These averaged 1590 for 5 shots.

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    They are beartooth 350gr gas checked. I would take a picture of the whole bullet but all I have left is what’s loaded there. I was going to order more but I w that beartooth’s site is down. I hope it’s just a glitch and not something worse. I love their cast bullets. My next hunt in December will be with their 525gr pile drivers. I have a few boxes of those and loaded up 50 of them.

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    Well done and Congratulations !
    Good read and great photos ! Thank you.
    No doubt a 350 chugging along at near 1600 fps will do the job. Train car loads of northern corn crunchers fell to all sorts of caliber .45 rifles for 50-60 years before near all were eaten in the early 1930s. Heavy flat nose cast will always do in bean eaters.
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    Quote Originally Posted by missionary5155 View Post
    Well done and Congratulations !
    Good read and great photos ! Thank you.
    No doubt a 350 chugging along at near 1600 fps will do the job. Train car loads of northern corn crunchers fell to all sorts of caliber .45 rifles for 50-60 years before near all were eaten in the early 1930s. Heavy flat nose cast will always do in bean eaters.
    I have a few rifles I’m going to try hunting with. I have a lot of molds and a lot of calibers that should work good with cast bullets. My next rifle is going to be my 357 Rossi with a 200gr cast

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    Very nice! I haven taken 2 deer this year with my 458 SOCOM and cast. Thumps them good.


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    Quote Originally Posted by RugerFan View Post
    Very nice! I haven taken 2 deer this year with my 458 SOCOM and cast. Thumps them good.


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    What bullet did you use?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gatorhunter1313 View Post
    What bullet did you use?
    RCBS 45-300-FN (Lyman #2 alloy) with 33 grains of IMR 4227 gives me 1,683 FPS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RugerFan View Post
    RCBS 45-300-FN (Lyman #2 alloy) with 33 grains of IMR 4227 gives me 1,683 FPS.
    That will sure do the trick. I need to shoot my 525gr pile drivers a little more. Try to test them at different ranges. I have a spot on our hunting property where any shot will be under 75 yards. I want to see what that big hunk of lead does

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gatorhunter1313 View Post
    That will sure do the trick. I need to shoot my 525gr pile drivers a little more. Try to test them at different ranges. I have a spot on our hunting property where any shot will be under 75 yards. I want to see what that big hunk of lead does
    I also have some RCBS 45-500-FN and NOE 460-530-FN I need to try out. Would make good sub-sonic rounds.
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    Well done
    Well done
    Thank you for sharing
    It sure did get the job done
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    Quote Originally Posted by RugerFan View Post
    I also have some RCBS 45-500-FN and NOE 460-530-FN I need to try out. Would make good sub-sonic rounds.
    I know my 525gr pile drivers from beartooth are super accurate. I love shooting those. They hit like a sledge hammer

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    I really want to build a .458 but just can’t seem to convince myself to make it happen. I even have an upper in need of a barrel but every time I think about the cost of brass and how much lead it would spit with each trigger pull I cringe… not to mention tooling up for ANOTHER caliber I don’t cast or load for. I’ve talking myself out of it for the better part of a decade but I think it’s only a matter of time before the bug latches on.

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    Gator, what stock do you have on your rifle? I’ve read that some stocks struggle with the recoil of the .458.

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    Congrats! The proper bullet placed properly gets the job done.
    Let's go Brandon!

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