in a proper rifle, 458's aren't that bad and are a lot of fun to shoot. the stock design on the browning safari's was the most comfortable stock shape ever put on a rifle for handling recoil. i never had a 458 but did have 375's and recoil even off the bench was of no consequence. the weight is a little surprising, being that light, but there was apparently quite a bit of variation in the wood browning used on their higher grades. i had a midas 12 3" mag once that only weighed 7.5# (supposed to be 8#+), same as a 26" bbld lightning i had at the time.
yeah, that rifle is a really good one - all early features including the rear sight (which is a really good sight design). the only thing anyone would find to complain about is it not beint mint and there's appropriate responses to that. i'd sure be proud to own it.
roger
