I have quite a few rifles in calibers well above the 223 threshold all the way up to a 450NE (but that's a double so not really germane). I bedded the 416 Rigby because I did hear some had cracked and I wanted to take no chances whilst in Africa. Since then I've also bought a CZ 550 in the same caliber and again, given the accounts here and elsewhere, I will bed it at some point in the near future. That said, none of my Winchesters, Brownings or Weatherbys have ever given me an issue.

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”