Hi bakerb,

I will personally take your third option, the .450 N.E. 3.25" as I have just bought a Sabatti in that caliber. My reasons are fairly simple, there is a great choice of projectile weights in the .458 diameter, fairly soft recoil compared to a .458 and the best part of all is that the Sabatti is well priced, in fact under priced based on the quality that I have seen. Yes, it's not a H&H but I could never afford one of those so why go without.

Cheers,

Jeff Gray