That's a nice rifle. Not exactly cheap either. Let me know how it turns out.
My "dream rifle"?
Remington 700 - .223 or 30-06, (.223 for varmiting, 30-06 for Whitetail and Mule deer) with a composite stock
3x9x40 Leupold Vari-X II or Vari-X III mil-dot, or wide duplex.
Of course, I'd also take a Winchester Model 70, or the Ruger Model 77, and there are even some decent shooting rifles put out by Savage.
Dad once took a military Mauser, cut off the bolt and had a custom bolt welded on, cut down the magazine well to give it a slimmer profile, (only held 4 rounds) had a Dillon barrel put on it and rechamberd from 30-06 to 25-06, (Also known as the 25 Whelen, wild-catted by Col. Townsend Whelen by necking down the 30-06) put in a Timney trigger, a semi-custom stock that Dad finished from a stock rough out, and topped it with a Leupold Vari-X II. That was a SWEET shooting rifle. That rifle, along with a Sako Vixen in .223 is what we used to take out to terrorize the prairie dogs of southwest Nebraska.
