7mm08fan,

I've been down the same path. I became a fan of the 6.5x55 a few years ago and it started with a Tikka T3. I wanted a second Swede and sent a mediocre shooting NH Win 70 FWT classic to Lee (Redneck) who rebarreled it with a FWT contour 23" 8 twist Pac-Nor . I'm very pleased with it.

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I acquired a nice custom stock a few months ago inletted for a LA Win 70 XTR FWT that I've found a 25-06 donor for. If it doesn't shoot, I would seriously consider sending it to Redneck for another 6.5x55 rebarrel....prolly use Pac-Nor again since the first one worked out so well. BTW, GB has 3 NIB Win 70 XTR long actions for sale made in the early to mid 80's.

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