It may be worth more money, just not more money than you put into it.
How 'bout zero money. In my first post of this thread I mentioned opening up a bolt face. I purchased a Remington 700 short action in .243. Took it hunting one season and had it switch to Short Fat Seven on the .378 Weatherby case. I have a friend who got interested in muzzle brakes so I took it to him to do some brake work. When I came to pick it up he said,
"That thing was dangerious with its large diameter case on the bolt. The lugs could set the action back if you ran high pressure loads."
"You mean you didn't work on it?" I asked.
"O no
! I cut it in two right in front of the trigger guard
! I couldn't let you be shootin' it."
"What?
!"
"Yea. I did you a favor," he continued.
"I was getting ten loads per brass. They weren't heavy loads," I whined. "You owe me. And it's not money. I don't know what you owe me, but you owe me
! You were at the range with me when I fired 1" groups at 300 yards with that rifle."
It had a Remington short action with an adjusted factory trigger, a Siskiyou Barrel (Chick Donnelly ) 26" long on a 22" contour, a Bell&Carlson stock, and a Tasco World Class 4-16X40.
I have not had one that accurate since.