Remington 700 .06 rebarrel or buy new?

[crabcreekhunter]

Throw a new barrel on in .280AI great hunting caliber and do quite well at a grand with effiency.

[b23]

All good advice so far. If the action is from the 70's it's one of the good ones. Chambered in a 280/284 based cartridge would be my vote as well. Put on a carbon barrel and a stock and I bet you couldn't keep your hands off it.

carbon barrel,yup! 24 or 26 in Barrel

CF wrapped barrels have a certain cool factor and that's ok, I have a few myself, but other than that and a larger diameter at the muzzle, they don't really have any other benefit.  If you're looking for LR rig that shoots the best it can, I'd stay with an all steel barrel and skip anything CF wrapped.

[bullfisher]

All good advice so far. If the action is from the 70's it's one of the good ones. Chambered in a 280/284 based cartridge would be my vote as well. Put on a carbon barrel and a stock and I bet you couldn't keep your hands off it.

carbon barrel,yup! 24 or 26 in Barrel

CF wrapped barrels have a certain cool factor and that's ok, I have a few myself, but other than that and a larger diameter at the muzzle, they don't really have any other benefit.  If you're looking for LR rig that shoots the best it can, I'd stay with an all steel barrel and skip anything CF wrapped.

Bull barrel stiff at half the weight. If you have the coin, it matters!

[jdb]

I’d reborn it to .35 whelan

[BigGoonTuna]

I’d send it to JES with a check for $250 and make it into a .338-06, .35 whelen or 9.3x62, but I’m weird like that.

[GWP]

You stated you have others. Why mess with success? Put a new tube on it and see what it does. You can make some small adjustments while doing it without breaking the bank, while keeping it pretty much as is.
You obviously like shooting it as it was.
Once you go down the rabbit hole (as was stated) of modifying, it will not be the same gun it was.
On the other hand, it is fun playing!

[cooltimber]

You stated you have others. Why mess with success? Put a new tube on it and see what it does. You can make some small adjustments while doing it without breaking the bank, while keeping it pretty much as is.
You obviously like shooting it as it was.
Once you go down the rabbit hole (as was stated) of modifying, it will not be the same gun it was.
On the other hand, it is fun playing!

Right you are.

[elkrack]

Following this thread closely!! I’m in the same boat with my .06. The 280 AI is very intriguing

[b23]

All good advice so far. If the action is from the 70's it's one of the good ones. Chambered in a 280/284 based cartridge would be my vote as well. Put on a carbon barrel and a stock and I bet you couldn't keep your hands off it.

carbon barrel,yup! 24 or 26 in Barrel

CF wrapped barrels have a certain cool factor and that's ok, I have a few myself, but other than that and a larger diameter at the muzzle, they don't really have any other benefit.  If you're looking for LR rig that shoots the best it can, I'd stay with an all steel barrel and skip anything CF wrapped.

Bull barrel stiff at half the weight. If you have the coin, it matters!

Nope, that's not even close to being true.

[bullfisher]

All good advice so far. If the action is from the 70's it's one of the good ones. Chambered in a 280/284 based cartridge would be my vote as well. Put on a carbon barrel and a stock and I bet you couldn't keep your hands off it.

carbon barrel,yup! 24 or 26 in Barrel

CF wrapped barrels have a certain cool factor and that's ok, I have a few myself, but other than that and a larger diameter at the muzzle, they don't really have any other benefit.  If you're looking for LR rig that shoots the best it can, I'd stay with an all steel barrel and skip anything CF wrapped.

Bull barrel stiff at half the weight. If you have the coin, it matters!

Nope, that's not even close to being true.

Not as stiff? Not even close? Do tell..!

[jasnt]

All good advice so far. If the action is from the 70's it's one of the good ones. Chambered in a 280/284 based cartridge would be my vote as well. Put on a carbon barrel and a stock and I bet you couldn't keep your hands off it.

carbon barrel,yup! 24 or 26 in Barrel

CF wrapped barrels have a certain cool factor and that's ok, I have a few myself, but other than that and a larger diameter at the muzzle, they don't really have any other benefit.  If you're looking for LR rig that shoots the best it can, I'd stay with an all steel barrel and skip anything CF wrapped.

Bull barrel stiff at half the weight. If you have the coin, it matters!

Nope, that's not even close to being true.

Not as stiff? Not even close? Do tell..!

Not half the weight. Less weight than the same diameter barrel in steel. 

[Threewolves]

shot out? is there a loss of accuracy?  how many rounds have you put through it? do you reload? I have a 300 win mag I bought in 78 that has a documented 770 rounds through it and still shoots tight. I had a buddy that thought his 7mm was going out, a little cleaning with some sweets, a little trigger adjustment, he was back in business.

As for rebarreling, I did not look to see if your are eastside or westside, don't know what kind of hunting you do. But if I was a westside elk hunter I would be looking at the place down in Oregon and maybe go with elk slamming 35. Whelan. Or just stick with the 06 if you already have brass and dies   

[cooltimber]

shot out? is there a loss of accuracy?  how many rounds have you put through it? do you reload? I have a 300 win mag I bought in 78 that has a documented 770 rounds through it and still shoots tight. I had a buddy that thought his 7mm was going out, a little cleaning with some sweets, a little trigger adjustment, he was back in business.

As for rebarreling, I did not look to see if your are eastside or westside, don't know what kind of hunting you do. But if I was a westside elk hunter I would be looking at the place down in Oregon and maybe go with elk slamming 35. Whelan. Or just stick with the 06 if you already have brass and dies

yes, big loss in accuracy. Ive been reloading for 30 yr's. Round count guessing 800. sweets is my go to and scrubbed with a brass brush from the receiver end wiped dry patch..2lb trigger and bedded .its likes imr 4064 at 49gr with 165 bthp.

[MountainWalk]

Close to factory, would be the way I would go. A plain unsexy sporterbarrel in another oh six or even a whelen wouldn’t be bending the rules too much.

  You’ve got a classic gun, made back when they gave a damn. And it has history and mystery. Blued steel and brown a dented walnut stock speaks volumes.  Tupperware guns aren’t heirlooms. Ruger Americans aren’t something you are proud to pass on. And neither is a cut up classic old Remington made to be something it never was meant to be.

[bearpaw]

shot out? is there a loss of accuracy?  how many rounds have you put through it? do you reload? I have a 300 win mag I bought in 78 that has a documented 770 rounds through it and still shoots tight. I had a buddy that thought his 7mm was going out, a little cleaning with some sweets, a little trigger adjustment, he was back in business.

As for rebarreling, I did not look to see if your are eastside or westside, don't know what kind of hunting you do. But if I was a westside elk hunter I would be looking at the place down in Oregon and maybe go with elk slamming 35. Whelan. Or just stick with the 06 if you already have brass and dies

yes, big loss in accuracy. Ive been reloading for 30 yr's. Round count guessing 800. sweets is my go to and scrubbed with a brass brush from the receiver end wiped dry patch..2lb trigger and bedded .its likes imr 4064 at 49gr with 165 bthp.

I find it hard to believe an 06 would be shot out with that few of rounds? You said you have sweets, just to be sure, soak your barrel good with sweets, stand it in a corner barrel down on something to catch any runoff and let it sit for a couple days then run a patch through it, I bet it comes out greenish which means you have fouling, run patches until no more green and let it sit again with a wet barrel for a couple days and clean again, keep doing that until you get no greenish color after it sits a couple days with a barrel wet with sweets. I had a couple guns that took over a week to get them cleaned up completely and they shot almost like new guns again after I was finished.