.458 Lott too much for North American Big game?

[Flbt]

so ive been hunting small and medium size game for years, and would like to make the jump to some bigger game animals( Moose, Bear, Nilgai, Buffalo).....

now i have rifles in damn near every caliber up to .375HH.....and i am more than confident .375 will take any game i plan on hunting.....but would i be better served with a .458 (or other .4xx caliber)? or would that be "too much" for anything in N.A.?

right now im leaning towards a CZ550 in .458

thanks for the help

I have used a 45-70 and 444
Yea I know the 458l is a lot more but with most bullets it will probably leave a 45 cal hole would be my guess.
And before my arm was hurt I looked at buying a 458 win for deer and hogs

 

[Flbt]

Sometimes I think heroine and hookers would have been a cheaper hobby than boomers and bullets but there is more longevity in the guns unless your wife finds out what we really pay for stuff!

No every time I show up with a new gun the wife pulls out the ruger or breattea catalog

 

[kukusya]

Doesn’t matter what content or game species. Everyone need Thor hammer, to anchor animals.

 

[mgstucson]

No every time I show up with a new gun the wife pulls out the ruger or breattea catalog

Buy them all on Gun Broker and just tell her you "won" them.

You wouldn't want to lie.

 

[Safari Dave]

Why would anyone risk a going into the forest with a cartridge that is too small???

It is foolhardy to risk having a widow, and especially small children, raised by a some random dude that is too dumb to know he doesn't need a "stopping" rifle.


If memory serves, my wife bought me a .458 Win Mag for my first Christmas present after we were married in 1991.

It was a push-feed Winchester Model 70, but at least her heart was in the right place!

 

[kukusya]

No every time I show up with a new gun the wife pulls out the ruger or breattea catalog

Tip for happy life. Always give your wife 50% cash value of gun you bringing home.