Thank all of you for your opinions and input.

I did not intend to start a war over Searcys, though. (I do like Butch's sense of humor.)

It is nice to know that aside from the sears on .500Nitro's double, the rest is all of the horror stories are based in shooter form not function of the firearm. (If it doubled freestanding, I can see it not being a problem at all. Most of my shooting will probably be from the bench, so a condition might exist with drastically different results if I end up in the same scenario.) I think I personally possess enough finger/trigger control to prevent the strumming effect. The few times that I have shot doubles, nothing of that sort exhibited its ugly head.

I figured I would have been chastized for stating that I prefered boxlocks to sidelocks, but it was a welcomed piece of information to find that some of the boxlocks go higher on returns than the sidelocks.

As neat of cartridges as I find the .375 Flanged and the 9.3X74R, and as cute as I find the small bore and medium bore doubles, I dont have the kind of money to throw around hither may and do want the perverbial biggest bang for the buck. (At least not right now, and until the first one is accquired. After the first purchase, I'm sure I'll be saving for another followed by saving for yet another. It is a sick condition that exists in the gun closet, stained by the blood of desire for just one more.) I was surprised by the large dose of affection for the .400's.

You laughingly stated that you could only hope that they hit the $250,000 range, but I can see the handwriting on the wall, and its indicating that they are going to go up more and more. At least from my observations. Lost faith is gained daily in the stock market. More and more people are moving towards tangible investments instead of scribblings on pieces of paper. I've seen the numismatics world explode in prices lately. Not all that long ago (15 years or so) an XF grade 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter was going for about $5000. Good luck finding the same coin today for $15,000 with out a serious flaw in it. The last gun I bought was a lowly modern S&W 625 Mountain Gun, and shortly after buying it I could have turned around and made $250 off it. (I got it for a good price, but still, it wasn't THAT good.) I'm almost certain that the double rifle day will come when prices are beyond all but the extremely wealthy's grasp.