Did the same but stayed with the std Roberts. Had a Mauser laying around that my Dad brought back from the war. Got a barrel from Green Mountain (they made the Adams & Bennet barrels for Midway), put it in a Boyds stock, after market trigger and viola!
Shoots MOA.
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