Bramble,

Thanks for your advice. One thing I intend to do is "shoot the hell out of it". That is once it is finished and once I get a job that allows me to spend more time at the range...oops I mean home.

I have just started to look at bullet availability. Last time I checked around Corpus we had one or two shops that stocked .458 and I think most of their stuff has been there a few years. I haven't really started combing the internet and haven't really selected a particular brand although I am fond of North Forks.

Eric