Hi, my first post on this forum and probably of no real substance LOL! After a lot of reading about the good, bad and ugly regarding Sabatti DR's. I bought a new 470NE EJT model from the Cabelas in Buda, TX. I was able to inspect it in person and found no dremeling of the muzzle as could be the case with some of the older production units. The included test target showed two rounds touching each other side by side. With this I took the plunge and purchased the gun.

Got out to shot it today using Hornady 500gr DGX ammo. Shot at 50 yrds off hand. Unfortunately I could not bench fire it as all of the benches were in use. I'll get out again and bench it so I can check barrel regulation and accuracy.

Results: all four rounds hit the 8" target, that means the gun is at least as accurate as the shooter

Nothing fell off and it went bang on each trigger pull. I am not a big fellow at 5'8" and 155 lbs but handling it was no problem. Recoil was there but my shoulder remains unblemished. I'm surprised actually as my Model 70 458WinMag that has a decelerator pad on it thumps me worse.

So since all seems good, I'm now going to drop it off at our Brileys shop in Houston to get the stock cut down for my LOP and have a mercury recoil reducer installed just for the heck of it.

I'll take some pictures of it and post in the near future. Right now the barrel bores are soaking with Sharp Shoot R foaming bore cleaner