Questor,
Shhh! Don't want to upset people now do you? :eek: Seriously though, your findings are exactly the same as mine, it's very difficult in my hands to jam up a PF, but my CRFs are another matter entirely. People harp on the Remington extractor but I've never had one fail, although ejection can be poor if the spring is tired. My gunsmith is a "guru" when it comes to putting together DGR's, and he would not consider putting together a DGR on a PF unless the customer absolutely insisted. But... he also admits that he's has less trouble over the years with PFs compared to CRFs. However, properly set up, and that's where the dollars come into it, the CRF is a more reliable design. I also believe that caliber does have a part to play in the equation as the 375H&H feeds like silk, but the 458s I've had (on CRFs) had given intermittent trouble over the years. Most disconcerting was a perfectly reliable rifle that all of a sudden decided to stop feeding from the left side of the magazine.
Cheers...
Con