Thank you all for the advise. I am surely thinking if this is the best way to go, seeing that I have a NO 1 that I am happy with already. Just found a line on a custom Weatherby V in .458. Just when you think you have your mind made up, someone throws a curve ball at you. I greatly appreciate all of the advise, I am lucky to have found a forum where there are such knowledgeable folks and are willing to share what they know.

Oh, and JabaliHunter, just for the record, I was joking about the "it could be worse" belted comment. As you may have guessed by my screen name, I have a fondness for belted cartridges. Some may disagree with belted rounds, but my 375 H&H and 7mm rem mag, as a 2 gun combo has not failed me yet.

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