ORIGINAL: JagMagMan
I agree with the advice given! I'll add that if it is a post 64 action, there would be no advantage in putting a pre 64 barrel on it! It is the pre 64 action that makes the gun more valuable. To me, I'm a Winchester man, but I think that the post 64's are just as good, except maybe in the "dangerous game" catagory! The Winchester "Purists" lamented the change as inferior, and I'll admit the claw is/was great, but the Remington's and many other good brands never had a claw extractor to begin with! So, to me it was just the fact that Winchester "changed" their action in 64 that upset people, not that the change was particularly bad!
I'll give ya an Amen JagMag! I'm not going to dive into the benefits a controlled round feed has over a push-feed action, but I will say that just because a Winchester is a pre-64 doesn't make it great.... and just because it maybe a post-64 doesn't make it of any less "worth" (maybe financial worth, but they are still good rifles). I've shot a few pre-64s that were real dogs, and a number of post-64s that were tack drivers.