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Originally posted by 458Win:

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Originally posted by Walter Prociuk:
The new(ish) 85 action is a controlled round feed. My .375 H&H will feed empties without a glitch.

I'm not sure I would consider the ability to feed empties much of a bonus on a DG rifle as I prefer them to feed loaded ammo

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Originally posted by 458Win:
If there was a real, noticeable cut and dried performance advantage between PF and CRF rifles we wouldn't be discussing which is better. But if both are well tuned and the user intimately familiar with their rifle the difference is mostly a matter of opinion.
But, that said, all the reasons that Paul Mauser decided to modify his PF actions to CRF still apply when they are still being used by humans under stress.

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:
I see that no one took the bait on five rounds vs. three (and to be fair, with most M70's and '98's you get 3 + 1). Regardless, the additional round you get with a Sako is not to be discounted. I've never hunted DG with a Sako (or any other action, for that matter), but I have had the experience of the fifth round in a Sako magazine being the difference in a deer on the ground and a lost, wounded animal. I believe that the Sako A-IV Safari model used a "perch belly" magazine that gave 5 +1 magnum rounds. According to some of the "hairy-chested, big balls" stories I've heard from hunters who claim to have seen their lives flash before them in a close brush with death a la Capstick, having six rounds of .458 Hofmann's available would have been a fine thing. Of course, those stories are virtually 100% bullshit, as is the difference in CRF and PF, but if you're going to invent fantasies like a 13 year-old playing video games, you might as well invent the fantasy that one or two extra rounds in your DG rifle will come closer to saving your bacon than the design of its extractor.

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Originally posted by 458Win:
It is a standard CZ 550 worked over by Lon Paul. No change in magazine depth.