My solution to this sort of issue took me a few years to come to.
LR 98 Steyr = 6.5x55 in Karnis-refined & wood-upgraded Boyds JRS Classic using an Apex rifles take-off #2 (that'll end up my youngest son's first hunting rifle)
LR 98 & Douglas #2 both purchased here CHEAP + free Mark X take-off stock = .260 Rem for plinking
Inexpensive Remington-built 03-A3 + Herters stock = 6.5-06 with all the tweaks (S&Ks, custom stock treatment, red pad, plating of all steel, great hunting rifle)
I think that first one is the best handling rifle, the middle is most fun to shoot, and the end will be a real laser.
My gunsmith has always told me that CRFs & .284-based cartridges can be a real challenge to get feeding properly, though in his words "anything is possible if you're willing to invest the capital"
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