Grenadier

I appologise and I have gone back and deleted my post.

In hindsight I am un-necessaraly peevish tonight, it has been a long week.

The thrust ( no pun intended) of my argument remains. I have a 4xx series Beretta which is in the process of becoming a .470NE. Having examined the action carefully I have no quams about its ability to cope. 444 would be a breeze.
There is no corrolation between the proof pressure of a shotgun action with barrels and the strength same action with rifle barrels and its subsiquent re-proof pressure.

I don't do anything of this nature without serious consideration.
Please see the threads of mine on the .450#2 and 9.3 takedown.

Yes I have $15,000 in that gun in labour alone, the barrels were a further $800, action $1200. etc etc.

But that is the point, it is not a factory built gun, it is hand built.
I could afford to buy one, I just don't want to.
Without departing too far into some mystical BS I really do think that you can pick up a hand made item, gun, furniture, knife etc and somehow it is different to the product of a factory.

I do not for a moment ignore that there are some people that do some silly things and I am one of the first santmonious gits to point it out. But IMHO this is not one of them.

Regards