I have an odd problem here (MAYBE an opportunity for all I know!), so here it is---I shot out my 284 Win on an accurized by Long Rifles, Inc (LRI) long action Rem 700 that I use for a 1000 yard gun, so I bought a new barrel and sent barrel and action off to my smith who managed to not notice that the threads in the action had been opened out a tad by LRI when they accurised the first (Krieger) barrel. THEN he noticed it after threading it for standard Remington 700 threads and chambering it for 284 Win!. So he called me and confessed to his "oopsy" and has stopped for now and I need to figure out what to do as what I wanted was a barrel finished to 26 inches and the only way to put that barrel back on the LRI accurised action is to shorten it to 24" and proceed.....So, now I have (actually HE still has it) a perfectly good barrel chambered for 284 Win with a standard Rem 700 thread on it finished to 26" and I am wondering what to do....Order a new 7mm barrel and have him start all over in order to get what I originally wanted and do something else with the barrel that he "oopsied"? It is a perfectly nice (brand new)7mm/.284 Bartlein SS M24 contour w/8.7 twist ($370.00 shipped to my door, so I DO NOT want to just make it into a tomato stake!) OR maybe have it re-chambered for something else, shortened to 24" and use it on another action? I don't have a spare Rem 700 long action and/or extra long action stock (could maybe buy a "donor" rifle, I guess), but I DO HAVE a couple of short actions (Rem 700) and stocks lying around. I also happen to have a Ruger round top in 30-06 that I haven't fired in years that I could maybe use, but I'm thinking the Bartlein just may be wasted on that action/rifle.
So, OK guys (and gals)---whaddaya think? Any ideas (wild or not so wild?) as to where I could/should go with this? I'm trying to stay away from MAGNUMS---especially BELTED magnums---, but am open to just about anything else? 7mm SLR? 7mm Credmoor? 7mm X 64 Brenneke? 7mm WST? SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE!!! Pretty much it will have to be a .284 or 7mm of some sort and the M24 contour, but WHAT??
Attached PIC is how it looked before all this...and it shot pretty decent, but not actually a HAMMER!
HELP!!
So, OK guys (and gals)---whaddaya think? Any ideas (wild or not so wild?) as to where I could/should go with this? I'm trying to stay away from MAGNUMS---especially BELTED magnums---, but am open to just about anything else? 7mm SLR? 7mm Credmoor? 7mm X 64 Brenneke? 7mm WST? SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE!!! Pretty much it will have to be a .284 or 7mm of some sort and the M24 contour, but WHAT??
Attached PIC is how it looked before all this...and it shot pretty decent, but not actually a HAMMER!
HELP!!
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