Thanks guys for your answers--this is the best forum for information--unfortunately, I live in a state where whitetail hunting is restricted to shotgun slugs or rifles chambered for handgun calibers. So I need to buy something chambered for .44 mag. Planned on using the 06, 45-70 and a couple others for pigs, hopefully if winter is ever over. When sighting in these various rifles, I let the barrels cool between 3 or 5 shot strings so the accuracy seems pretty consistant. Now to decide who to go with for the .44 mag----thanks again for the input--John