I have been thinking about this since I read it. If it were mine and I was doing a rebarrel on the cheap. I would just fill the holes and redrill for sights. One could could make a bit of tapered screw to tighten and cut off flush wich will almost disapear when cut and filed to match barrel. Holes could be accra glassed shut and barrel painted black or camoed. I worry more about performance than looks.
Jay
"The .30-06 is never a mistake." Townsend Whelen
"THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
Thomas Paine
Yep! Gotta learn to see beauty in Function! I have swapped several 700 barrels around... just get the headspace right and don't worry about the sight holes at 4 o'clock.
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