Thanks for all the info, I meant that either a stainless, or a CroMo rcvr would require some lube.
The new pics are great, and I do hope you get your $$ because you probably have more than that tied up in it.
Rifle 285 this month, has an article by John Barsness
( MuleDeer here) that pretty well sums up this situation.
The current economic climate doesn't help any.
Elk rifles are seasonal beasts, and there is a good list of improvements assembled there. I especially like the laminated JRS stock with that Teflon dirt ? color.
Wishing you the best of luck. personally, I'd sit on it for a while at your price rather than make drastic price reductions. This cooling off period would of course, also give me the opportunity to contemplate reaming it out to .338-375 Ruger/Campfire or going whole hog, and installing the long magazine and going .340 Bee ! Hmmmm
One last flurry of questions on your build :
Total Round Count ?
Was the original barrel .338Win too. Just curious.
Trigger ? stock winchester I believe, What weight ?
Cheers from the frozen North