Thanks for everyones replies, especially Von Gruff for putting the 404J into a more realistic perpective.

I have come to the conlusion that the 425WR isn't as good as it appears on paper otherwise more people would be using it.

For a night or so the the 425 Express (slightly shortened 300 win mag) was looking pretty good and the 404J is still up there as the best option.

I will now go away and check a few prices, do a bit more reading and have a bit of a think about it all.

Regards

George

PS I'll also fess up to being tempted by the 416-284 McPherson. Very impressive ballistics for a short cart. I really like the 284 and have a zkk 601 waiting for the right project.