popeye

I had a Interarms Mark X in 30-06 rebarrelled into a 338-06 many years ago.Thankfully Iknew thesmithwho did mine , so I only had to pay the actual cost of the barrel. All the labor was free expcept for a grilled steak and a few beers

Today, despite the fact that my safe is full of rifles the two big games rifles that see the most use are my 280 and 338-06.

eldeguello

You could not have made a better choice. The .338/'06 is superb! You could get it rebored to .338" caliber then rechamber it. The present chamber would clean up pretty well.

Another choice would be the .338 Gibbs, a "super" improved '06 case. Since you are a reloader, this would work out well for you. The Gibbs round gives near .338 Win. performance from '06 brass.

HEAD0001

Sound like fun. Good luck, Tom.

Worc

Expect to pay somewhere near $500.00 give or take to have your gun re-barrled. I'm currently having a new gun re-barrledand hope to haveit back ina week or two. Four to six weeks seems to be the norm for a re-barrel job at most places.

Bernie P.

I think your only concern's with boring out vs re-barrel might be accuracy loss/barrel life.Thin barrels whip more which is not good for accuracy.It would also heat up a lot quicker so you would have to allow extra time for it to cool or risk shooting out the barrel sooner as well.I know a lot of folks go that way but I seriously doubt they end up with a gun that shoots as well as they'd like.