Has anyone setup a long action on a junk stock just for the purpose of barrel swap fire forming for various non factory loads?


Here's the idea:

If you had pairs of inexpensive factory sporter barrels and your custom barrels re-chambered for the same cartridge (260 AI as an example or whatever you like) using the same reamer, one right after the other so the tool wear is for all intent the same. The chambers and freebore should be almost a perfect match.

Is there any reason you couldn't fire form a butt load of brass in the one rifle and save barrel wear on your $400+ barrel.

It shouldn't bee any different than what happens when you buy factory brass off of a SAAMI chamber in a standard cartridge and shoot it in your pet rifle the first time.

Or would it?