I did exactly that and there were no issues. Bought the used barrel here and stashed the 1 in 9 twist .223 barrel in the closet with the idea of having it reamed to .22-250 for a fast twist deer and predator caliber. Before I got to the reaming job I bought a 1 in 10 Ruger American. So now I may just swap back and forth between the .204 and the .223.