I’ve got 3 of the original 700 Mtn rifles. A 25-06, 270 & a 30-06 rebareled & cerakoted to 338-06. All of my floorplates are scratched up just as you describe. Each rifle needed bedding & floating love to shoot consistently around 1”. My 270 wears a 2-7 Leupold that I bought in high school and never changed it. Killed LOTS of stuff with that gun & 130gr Nosler, Hornady & Speer. Mostly Speer & Hornady in those days though. The 25-06 is the sweetheart with 115gr NP - stone cold dart throwing killer. The 338-06 wears a 20” Schillen and is my whitetail woods gun.
Oh and yeah - cerakote is awesome.
That’s a wicked trip POC. 338-06 is one of those on my bucket list.
