Also, someone above mentioned getting a take-off barrel. I once had a 270 that needed the barrel replaced and I wanted to swap to a 30-06 for hunting elk. I called Jim at Northland Shooter's and he hooked me up with a 30-06 take-off barrel for very cheap. This was the standard plain jane pencil profile hunting barrel but he might have some heavy take-off barrels. It's worth giving him a call. You could upgrade the lug and barrel nut while you're at it. Don't forget the go/no-go gauges. I got by just threading the barrel down onto the go-gauge to save having to buy both, but there's probably a better way of doing this for a precision gun that you want to load long bullets seated out a ways.