Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. The rifle is a Dakota 76, so it would definitely make more sense to rebarrel it than to sell it and buy another. I'd lose a lot more money by doing that than I would by just rebarrelling it with a same contoured barrel. I think that is what I am going to do, soon as I have some money for the job. It's going to be a .338-06. Seems like you lose little to the .338 Win Mag in way of trajectory (point blank range) and energy, and gain a lot in mag capacity, powder efficiency and reduced recoil.
