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If I have a rifle built in 458 Lott for hunting water buffalo in Australia, what could I reasonable use it on in the US? Could I hunt whitetail deer with it? . . .or would I need to limit it to Moose or larger?
Handloading for it would let you develop a load for almost any size game you wanted to use it for. .45-caliber rifle rounds are quite versatile, starting with the .45 COLT all the way up to that .458 Lott.
With that big, slow slug, old Elmer Keith would have told you, "you can eat right up to the hole." I once shot a sea gull with the 375 H&H using a 300-grain Win Silvertip factory load. All it did was make a .38-cal. hole in one side & out the other.