The rifles you buy when you're young and stupid

[royinidaho]

Many years ago, 1966 in fact, I did what Bigbrother is suggesting. Though I started with a $36.00 army surplus 7MM Mauser (M98 action).

Immediately rebarrelled to 270 win am still using it. Until recently its the only large bore rifle I owned. Its been a dream.

For the once in a while Elk I'd consider going with the 280 or 280 AI. It may be only .007' difference but that sure seems like a bunch when it comes to performance.

A sugestion would be to keep the bbl at least 24" even better @ 26.

I have a win 70 in featherweight w/ a 22" bbl and it limits its performance quite a bit.

Just my $0.02