Yesterday I put together one of my rebuilds. I took a left hand SS 16 action and screwed in a new take off 22" SS .308 Win barrel, set the headspace, adjusted the trigger, and dropped the barreled action into a Tupperware stock.

This morning while getting my stuff together for the range, I checked the ammo as I always do. My 168grn SMK loads would not chamber. WTF??!! I checked the OAL.....No hay problemo. I took a round apart and check the case for proper sizing....still no problem. Then I glanced at the muzzle. That hole looks kinda small! Well, the barrel nomenclature was obscured as often is with a re-barrel, so I disassembled the rifle.

You guessed it! I had picked up the wrong barrel yesterday and had screwed in a .243 barrel instead of a .308. The headspace had checked out as both calibers use the same go-gauge.

Do I feel STUPID? I don't think I'm going to the range today. I'm sure that there would be a major flinch each time I pulled the trigger.

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