Assume you are going prairie doggin' and taking a dozen guns of the same caliber. Assume further that all these rifles have had the original factory barrel pulled at some time in the past. You are getting ready to install new barrels on all the actions (all the same calber).

Instead of using factory headspace gauges...

Would you be better off headspacing all of the barrels on the ammo ?

Assume for a moment that all safety issues of headspacing with loaded ammo are resolved.

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