By the way, I should point out that if this rifle had been chambered in 470NE, I probably could not have afforded it.

And yes, I used the chambering to get the seller to come off his asking price, which was already reduced because of the chambering. He failed to sell the rifle at SCI and apparently got some serious negative feedback due to its chambering. I was leary enough to price up the conversion to 450NE 3 1/4" before negotiating on price. And sent the rifle to JJ for a check and to make sure it could be converted too.

It actually suprised me that JJ sugested leaving it 458wm. Also for what its worth the conversion cost would not have come anywhere near the price difference between this rifle and a similar one in a rimmed cartridge. The seller has a 500 or 577 Thys sidelock for sale at a multiple of what I paid for this rifle.

JPK