I have a stupidly accurate Savage 112BVSS in 25-06 that I used to use for prairie dog hunts many years ago. the rifle still shoots 87 grain Sierra spitzers into consistent 1/2" groups.

I'm thinking about re-chambering it for a longer range elk rifle (out to 500). This project would require:

new barrel or a rebore
new high-end glass
new projectile selection
heckuvalot of practice
better rangefinder

if you were going to do this......

1. what caliber would you recommend? (currently leaning towards 280AI for bullet selection and ease of re-using existing bolt.

2. and would you re-bore the existing barrel, or buy a replacement barrel? I really have almost no use of the 25-06 anymore, as my prairie dog connection is no more. (I'm no longer dating his niece, and worse yet..... he died recently)

3. if a replacement barrel, who would you recommend using as a barrel source?

4. if a rebore, JES?

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