Thanks for the compliments, and I understand if it's not to your liking. Truth be told, I'd rather be totin' that Model 70 of yours Tanner, especially up around 10~12000 ft, where you inhale...and nothin'...it don't feel like you drew a breath, but you know you did because your lungs are full and your chest is all puffed out - oxygen runs mighty thin up there. My rifle weighs WAAAY too much to carry AND be chasing Elk up and down the mountain at 10 to 12 thousand feet.

I really like the chambering on your rifle. Heck, I like your rifle period. I noted previously, I have two model 70s, both in 30-06; one was my Grandpa's and the other is my Dad's (He's in an Alzheimer's wing of a nursing home now - that's a horrid disease). I wouldn't trade either for love or money, but it sure would have been neatER if one of them at least had been in a unique chambering such as yours.