Has anyone noticed that the 470 Capstick is very close in size to the Lott? Is this a viable option? The recoil is less on the 470 and you get greater mass through the tube.

Less recoil, ha ha ha ha ha

If you want to pay more money to get it rebarrelled, and have more expensive bullets that are harder to come by, then by all means.

The std bullet weight would be the same at 500 gr for either, and using essentially the same powder charge for the same velocity would produce, ta da, the same recoil.

According to the Accurate Reloading recoil chart (go to home page, this and that) it has less recoil. But you are right about the expenses.

I wasn�t able to find the link to the calculator. I wonder if it is one of Saeed�s jokes. I would expect two rifles of identical weight, say loaded with 85 grs of powder over a 500 gr bullet in either case to produce nearly the same velocity and recoil. I would certainly not expect any major difference.

I guess the best reply would be, if you think a 458 Lott has too much recoil, re-barrelling it to a 470 Capstick is not the answer

I have not found availability or cost of bullets to be any different in the .470 Capstick. Barnes has 500 and 600 grain bullets available. Woodleigh, Swift and some of the smaller companies also make readily available bullets. For medium game or plinking the bullets for the 475/480 handguns are also available in weights from 300 to 400 grains. It is only a difficult round to use if you do not handload.

You should hook up with 500grains, he has one on a VZ-24 action. Looks really nice.

Most 470 Capsticks recoil more than a 458 in my opinnion as they should and thats a substantial amount of recoil in my opinnion with either one of them....

I can't see you gaining a thing but cost out of such a conversion...