take down model 70

[hillbilly]

I've got a model 70 winchester in 30-06 and love it. great caliber it'll do everything i want in north america and alot everywhere else. But being a gun enthusiast i like to try new calibers loads etc. my quetion is how difficult is it to a have a model 70 converted to a take down, or swap barrels as my whims dictate. Right now i have a remington m-700 ADL in 22-250, a Ruger M-77 in 338 win, the model 70, a savage in 17 HMR, and a few shotguns and 22LR's but I'd really be interested in a 6mm-06 barrel that i could swap on to the m-70, I understand with a benchvise, pipe wrench and a little strength it's easy enough to remove the barrel from the action and add a GO/NO GO gauge it's not to hard to put a barrel on. if this assumption is correct let me hear from you.

[gunnut69]

That's a bit like saying if you buy a set of tools you're a mechanic, except of course if a car doesn't run, you just get to walk.  If a rifle fails??
Well 55,000 psi next to your face is gonna smart.  It can be done but it's a bunch easier if one starts with something like a Savage 110.  The barreling system they use lends itself to easy changes..  The Winchester does not.  The Winchester IS easier than say the Remington 700 with it's seperate recoil lug washer.  When all the tools are bought or rented and the rifle is finally complete you will find it would have been cheaper and much simpler to buy another rifle and have it re-barreled to your caliber of choice..