I can appreciate your gacking. I've gone through the exact thing in regard to the round 15-20 years ago. Then I began to ponder a 270 Savage instead, perhaps an even mo-better deal in terms of light, handy, plenty. Had I done that, it would have involved a Model Seven I still have which would have meant a new barrel, of course, and it would have gotten a "proper" stock, the prices of which would have easily turned the whole thing into a $1500 rifle. And for what? As it is, that rifle, just as it arrived to me in 7mm-08, has popped more caribou than I can recount, as well as moose, wolf and countless other beasts when called on. It's actually pretty rare when I use a rifle that I would be able to buy ammo for in any place other than a decent gun shop. (I don't buy much ammo. ) In my view your gacking makes about as much sense as putting a raft of crazy glue-bound fibers onto rifles for handles. TEHO
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
) In my view your gacking makes about as much sense as putting a raft of crazy glue-bound fibers onto rifles for handles. TEHO 
