I would like to try the Hammers, but I don't reload. And the handful of nice rifles I currently use already have a load developed and I'm stocked up on those hand loads. I have a few contacts that would load me up, if I had the ingredients.
The only issue is in my home state of Va., you can't hunt deer with anything .22cal....gotta be larger. Of course that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. But with all the choices today, I'd want it to be legal for deer.
I like the existing caliber, it shot decent group size with the first and only factory ammo I tried, and it's in great shape. I kinda like the idea of spending money on a trigger upgrade, threading, and a suppressor. I'd probably come out even or slightly ahead versus donating the action and building something different.
I'm just brainstorming at this point and trying to get some ideas. I have to pay for a build that should be ready in the next week, so I should have plenty of time to think this one through before I can afford to even think about starting something.
Thanks for the ideas and I'd love to hear more.