Who are you going to have build your Forend? I have had Tony build most of mine. His Charcoal Laminated forend is not to bad with the Rubber factory grip. If you are going with the Grip and Forend as a set you have lots of options on color's.

I hope the SSK Brake's have improved a lot over the years. The one I had on a 375 JDJ was the drilled style. This was back in the early 1990's. I was not impressed with it, nor is the current owner of the barrel. I have Baffle Brakes on all of my centerfire barrels at this time.

Do you have a carbide sizing die for the 450? You talked about loading on your Dillon. I load 357 Maximum on my 550 Dillon, and it sure speeds up ammunition production.

Bob