Mike we understand that you don't care for the 700 nitro, but why so confrontational with those of us that like it? My 700 nitro has taken an elephant, though I was not the shooter. If we like it for whatever reason, so what. Thats why they make different guns because people like different stuff. Nobody said that the 700 was the most practical gun on the earth. Then again, you don't really need a 600N or a 500n or a 700 AHR,or a 600 overkill or a 4 bore or a 2 bore to hunt with either, but people like them and some of us think they are pretty cool to own. If you don't, thats certainly your right.