Mackay,
Any problems pulling the barrel? I keep hearing its a 50/50 bet on taking the barrel off without a relief cut. I am eyeballing a 7mm/08 with the intent of pulling the barrel and reaming to .280AI without paying for a full rebarrel.

Hunt hard, kill clean, waste nothing and offer no apologies.

"In rifle work, group size is of some interest...but it is well to remember that a rifleman does not shoot groups, he shoots shots." Jeff Cooper