Has anyone sent a barreled action to PacNor for their barrel and having them install it? How did it turn out both for accuracy and quality of the job?

Or do you have any other suggestions for a barrel manufacturer for that same work?

I have a rebarreled Remington 700 Classic that is a 30-06 and want to change it to a 35 Whelen. The price quoted from PacNor for a stainless barrel installed is attractive and the turn around time is 10 weeks.

Or I could leave the rifle alone and use that money toward an elk hunt.

Go to plan B. A 30/06 will kill anything in N.America. If it ain't broke,don't fix it.


Stepchild

Consider plan C. Have the 06 barrel rebored to 35 Whelen.

Nothing wrong with the '06, can't get anything more out of the 35 to justify.

From personal experience, and I know a lot of people have used Pac-nor, but I have had two experiences with their barrels, both bad, won't use another.

Use the money on the elk hunt. I would keep the .30-06. Reboring is an option but almost as expensive as a new barrel.
Pac-nor have rebarreled an action for me. The work was excellent. Hopefully the bad is the exception.

Keep the dirty aught six, put some 180-220 gr bullets in it and never look back. Probably some of the best bullets for it is the 220 gr. Remy Core-Lokt bullets for about $22.00 from places like Midway. You can still get a 35 Whelen just cause.

Steve........

06' + 200gn Parition in clock works = Dead Elk, Moose, or Bear of Any size.

A friend here in CO has taken 15 Elk in 25 years with factory 150gn corelocks. Not my first choice, but they can obviously get the job done.
Matt

Maybe I should have specified that this is not my only 30-06. While it is a very good shooting rifle, it is just not my favorite 30-06.

Using an existing rifle for the possible rebarreling would cut the cost of having to buy another rifle or action.

I have several featherweight Pac Nor barrels and they are extremely accurate, I am definitely a repeat customer. I have never used their service to have a barrel installed.
But I must admit plan B is a must so go on the hunt and rebarrel with money you make later. I've killed a pile of elk with a 30/06 and 180 grain Sierra bullets and never recovered a bullet and always got dead elk.
In my opinion for the terrain I hunt 180 grains in an '06 is great or you could drop to 165 or even 150's if using a premium or a monometal bullet.
Definitely don't miss a hunting opportunity to stay home and work on a rifle!

I would also go with plan B. Go to Shooter's Pro Shop and buy some blem (cosmetic only) Partitions in 200 grain ($19/50) or 180 grain ($16/50) and go hunting.

9.3x62.

In the interest of full disclosure and transparency, I am a 35 caliber addict.

Get the 35 Whelen.

A or B . Shoot what you like. Both will work well.

The old curmudgeon Kobe is right, go elk hunting.

I am leaning toward the elk hunt more and more every day.

I've had 2x Pac Nor barrels (they were both prefits) sent down to me here in New Zealand. Both were constant 1/4 MOA shooters.

Getting too hard to get barels exported now with all the regulations (the two Pac Nor barrels came to me in a cardboard tube with 'metal bar' written as the description), but that was back in 2001 for the barrels.

I have a Krieger for my 6.5 SAUM build as the importer has plenty of barrels in stock and the pricing is pretty damn good, but if circumstances were different I'd go Pac Nor again

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Both were constant 1/4 MOA shooters

You're kidding of course kiwi!