Welcome back and sorry to hear about the issues you’ve been having but glad to see you’re meeting it head on and still living life in the process!
My opinion would be to just buy a newer used donor rifle and then you could buy a prefit barrel in whatever caliber you want. It May be cheaper in the long run and you don’t have to worry about a gunsmith you’re not sure about messing up the barrel install on what you have now.
I have not messed with the older model but a few guys here have. Hopefully Phil and a couple others see this and give you a better idea on how to proceed.
Keep us posted.
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