I think that that will definitely be the case once I am back on track again. (financially) I have followed your advice, and been on the auction sites etc, that 470 is beautiful (from what I know about doubles, which is limited, and mostly what I have learned/read on this site) @ 500 nitro, I agree, a lot of guys like to have things handed to them on a plate, but I also think that guys who know nothing about doubles (like me!

) are also cautious about things that they don't know about. In my particular case, I have to let my hunting pay for my pleasure (ie. new guns)because it cannot come out of my normal/household budget. I only hunt 3 months a year (professionally) and work for someone else, so it takes time! I truly believe that when the time is right that I will buy a double on the recommendation of you fine gentlemen on this site, and it will probably be a double that one of you has recommended or found/seen elsewhere. There is NO substitute for experience, and there is clearly no shortage of that here!

Regards.

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