To mess with or not?

[03mossy]

I have a Kimber Montana .308. I never intended this to be a rifle I sought out but I happened to trade into it. My main hunting rifle is a Tikka/Rokstokec 30-06 so this Montana will be a backup/woods gun. I found a .260 Rem Montana barrel and planned on rebarreling the Montana. The mistake I made was shooting it as a .308 before the barrel swap. It shoots so damn good I'd hate to replace it with an unproven barrel that very well could be a turd. If I leave it a .308 or swap to the 260 either way I will be cutting the barrel back to 18" for a suppressor. The .308 is already threaded but I want the same thread pitch as the Tikka so might as well lop off a few inches while I'm at it.

I guess what I want advice on is if my main goal is a light recoiling whitetail gun is it worth it to still swap to a 260 or would the 308 suppressed be everything I need?

 

[B_Reynolds_AK]

Everything you need.

 

[HandgunHTR]

I’d leave it alone unless you really want a 6.5mm gun.

 

[The Harbor Master]

Leave the .308 alone, build a separate .260, enjoy all 3