I have a tikka t3 lite in 308 that I want to do a build off of. The problem is the skinny barrel and the lack of good smiths willing to rebarrel a tikka that I'm aware of. If I don't use it for a build I'm going to keep it as a hunting gun although I have others for that purpose. So the question is, would you bother with the hassle? I'm considering just going out and buying a rem 700 action and starting over since everyone will do 700 work and has 700 parts, but that just seems like taking a step back to take a step forward. I don't want to sell the tikka either because I love the smooth action on it. I would just buy an AI, but 4k in one shot will start a battle with the wife that Im not willing to deal with right now.