First congratulations is in order here for a new First time owner of a double rifle! Especially one he likes!

On the highjacking of this post to start a brue-ha-ha, I have to agree with NEW_GUY on one thing MT, and JJ are far more experienced in the building and chambering of double rifles to satisfy thier customer base! The fact is, the customer base's wants, for rifles, in general, is not an indicator of the advisability of a certain chambering, or rifle type, or the combination of the two, for any particular purpose! (Read push feed rifles chambered for DG cartridges) there those who like those as well!

In this case the "opinions" of JJ, and MT, are informed ones where the machanical quality is concerened! How that machanical quality remains viable under all conditions is suspect, however! Neither of these people are well informed, IMO, where the Buffalo in the bush, is upon you, and the dust is thick, and nearves make muscles as strained as steel springs. In an old Texas saying, "When it gets down to the nut cuttin, everythig better work right", is my take on the chambering for a double rifle used for DG!

The 458 Win Mag is not my favorite round in any rifle! That being said,the cartridge properly loaded, is a good cartridge, just not the best, IMO! The fact that this rifle was made to handle this round, is machanicly sound. My objection, to this, is not the strength of the rifle, but the quality of the 458 Win Mag cartridge,firstly, and secondly,the fact that the rimless, belted case is just not as reliable in a double rifle, in as many sittuations as is, even the same cartridge, if it had a flanged case! JJ will tell you that himself!

Please don't get me wrong, I'm not, for one minute, suggesting that I know more than either JJ, or the maker, about the reliabiliy of the combination on their range! I can, however, tell you things seldom happen under the perfect conditions, 15 yds from a rushing Cape Buffalo,or Elephant, that they do on a clean range, where nothing is lost if the rifle does not work properly. The rifle belongs to the new owner, and as such it should be left "as is" if that is what he wants! I have absolutely no objection to that, but if it were mine, I would have JJ re-chamber to 450NE 3 1/4", and re-reguulate!

Now the fact that New_Guy disagrees with 90 % 0f the people who own, use, and hunt dangerous game with double rifles, is simply an opposing opinion, and no more valid than the opinion of anyone else, but serves as a buffer to the "one size fits all" mentality! That is why they make scotch, and gin, different people like different drinks! As long as your head is the only one that aches, drink what you want! I'll drink Ice tea, and hunt with a clear head, and I'll hunt DG with a double rifle chambered for a flanged cartridge!