We are featuring the Rock River Arms .458 SOCOM as a powerful hog slayer in next month’s issue. The .458 cartridge has some amazing firepower as seen in our ballistic test video. Even 500 grain SBR subsonic rounds completely penetrated 2 blocks of Clear Ballistic Gel while a standard .308 barely cleared 1 block.
A Cor-bon 400 Grain .458 SOCOM successfully captured in gel. It almost went completely through both gel blocks where as a .223 stops in the first, a .308 barely penetrates the second.More: Taking the .458 SOCOM Full Auto