I'd only upgrade it if you had some kind of attachment to it.
I rebarreled mine, on account of it was my first rifle, given to me by Dad for Christmas in 1981, or thereabouts. It always shot poorly, but I could never part with it.
Mickey Coleman, upon hearing the story behind it, screwed on a Douglas barrel at a gift of a price, and it instantly became the most accurate rifle I own. I think it was still 3x the 1981 price. Even so, I had Karnis work over the stock, too, to make it less of a caveman club.
No$talgia at its finest, methinks.
Had it been a pawn shop rifle, I'd have sent it down the road immediately.
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