Mike,

LOL I'm spending the Holiday at my mom-in-law's home in Dover, had I read this thread before leaving home you'd have been welcome to shoot my Parker Hale .458 converted to the Lott.

The Kimber looks like a great rifle and I think you'll find the .458 cartridge the easiest and cheapest to feed of all the big bores.

I haven't shot any game with mine but a cartridge that will put three shots in a clover leaf at 50 yards and then poke a solid thru a railroad tie tends to instill a bit of confidence. I reload using RCBS .458 Winchester dies, works just like .38/.357 dies and if I remember it saved me some $ over buying "Lott" marked dies. You'll find that you can use Hornady's Basic Belted brass and save the head stamped stuff for foreign travel. I'm shooting a simple 500gr cast bullet from an el' cheapo Lee mould to the same POA/POI as the Hornady or Woodleigh soft/solid bullets. Using those components I can actually plink with full powered Lott loads cheaper than I can shoot my .308.

If you like to shoot I think you'll really like the Lott.