Homer Strickland, when I asked him about barreling a M78 Remington to 6.5-06, suggested that he'd happily do the needed work at a very reasonable cost to screw on a re-worked, unused, take-off barrel in my choice of chamberings. That was how my 6.5-06 became one very ordinary, but accurate 25-06. The barrel roll marks were all askew and the barrel was a fraction of an inch shorter than when it starter, but that rifle would shoot, not a decision I regretted.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
