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You are going to sell some nice riles. If they shoot good and you can afford the rifle you want use cash to buy it. Wait until the market is better or until you find someone who is wanting your rifles as bad as you want this new one.
The prize is what you shoot, not the rifle you use to shoot it with. I hunted this weekend with a friend who has only one rifle for the last 30 years. It was a a treasure. I don’t hear it talked about much on campfire - a 25-06. It always hits what he aims at and he is just fine with that.
Good luck with your purchase.
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Going to be a bit harder to sell now that hunting season is winding down. A few months ago would have been the best time. It's a buyers market. Maybe that's true up Alaskanistan. In the lower 48 big game seasons, in many places run through January. Shoot there are guys chasing bears down Kodak right now.. big game season still going strong just getting a bit chilly.. far as the model 70 extreme weather it was made at the FN South Carolina plant too many that’s a big plus. Also providing groups shot by the 7-08 a big plus. I hate to say it a lot of guys don’t want to play the guessing game, so if the work been done far as load development it will sell..
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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I looked at having PacNor rebarrel an M70 at one point, I believe prices ran $600 - $700 total. I would definitely go for a 6.5 CM over a .260 for that project. My M70 EWs had fairly short mag boxes, I had to load several different bullets way off the lands in .308. The Creedmoor will give you more leeway for seating longer bullets in a short short action than the .260 will. Also, given that the performance is equal, but the market support for the 6.5 CM is so superior, it's hard to think of any reasons to opt for a .260 anymore.
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Lee AKA Redneck has done a couple for me. He's got a couple more in the door waiting on components to arrive to complete. Got my vote for your rebarrel project.
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Can’t beat Lee on the M70.
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Well, per the great advice as usual, I have decided to keep the rifle. My next question would be, what do you think about turning it into a 260 or Creed? Well, the Creed has many good qualities, but turning a 7-08 into a Creed for a hunting rifle seems to me like more of a step sideways than any real forward progress. With so many good factory rifles to choose from, If I wanted a Creed I'd just buy one. For a lighter package, I'd consider a Montana. No matter how much you chop on a M70 it's about as light as it's gonna be, and won't be as light as the Montana out of the box.
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Montana vs Fieldcraft would be the question then I guess
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This thread did a sharp right turn a while back!!
I agree with boogaloo. I'd suggest that re-barelling would be a long walk for a short slide, in this instance.
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For a lighter package, I'd consider a Montana. No matter how much you chop on a M70 it's about as light as it's gonna be, and won't be as light as the Montana out of the box.
Well, yeah, it's lighter - but then you'd have a Montana... THAT would be a 'step backwards', IMHO.. 
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Redneck seems to be the winchester guy around here. Id send him a PM
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I'd get a hold of Redneck on this site. He does top notch work and he's a Winchester man.
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He sure did some first class work for me!
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