Thanks for all the advice so far. If you look at my list, you will see two 7x57's. One is a Yugo with a black synthetic stock, scope and 23" barrel. The other has a full length Fajen wood stock, with a 20" barrel and aperature sight. They may be the same caliber, but they are different guns. Same with the .308's. The Tikka wears a 3x-9x and is a bolt, while the Win 100 wears a vintage Weaver 2x on a flip down mount and is a semi-auto. Same cartridge, different gun.
What do you think of a .338-06 or .35 Whelan with a 20" or 21" parkerized chrome-moly or rebored military barrel in a black plastic stock with the aperature sight? My .338 WM is in a McMillan stock with a 2.5x-8x and a 24" stainless barrel. Similar ballistically, but different uses altogether.
Or should I sell and build the lightweight .260?
Fast Ed
I'd go the 338-06 or sell and start with something different.
The 03 can be made into one slick sumbitch, but it's not cheap. You'll be hard pressed to find anything that'll feed those cartridges any slicker also.
If money and time are not that big of issue.....the 338-06 is a neat round for that rifle.
