Thanks for the replies! That’s excellent news. I am going to give it a shot and worse case, I have to replace an already cut-down barrel if it does not shoot well. I will not be looking to completely remove the step in the barrel, but if I can save a little weight by getting it closer to a medium sporter profile, this would be great. I’ll pull the barrel and set it up between centres for a run-out check before the final decision to turn it down. Just didn’t want to pull it from the action if it was not a good candidate for this. The bore looks great so hoping it turns on it well.
Definitely won’t do the cock-on-opening. Going to keep the trigger, safety, etc all original for now. If it shoots well after the barrel work, I will look at further improvements.
Thanks again
