Originally Posted by Redneck
Originally Posted by dennisinaz
Originally Posted by efw
I've switched out take-offs and not had an issue w/ headspace.



I've switched about 7 -8 of them. All but one headspaced just fine..
Man, I must be the most unlucky smith in the biz... laugh laugh

In the dozens or so that I've switched out only ONE that I can recall had headspace within SAAMI range and that was about a year ago.. That one also aligned just right too...and that was a M70 classic barrel.

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It only works with Remingtons for me. I bought a couple of barrels from Jeff (260remguy) a few years ago; 222 and .223. I screwed the .222 barrel on my 600 at Danny Pederson's shop in Prescott. We had previously determined that my current 222 barrel was the worse Remington barrel he had ever bore scoped! It screwed on, I tightened it up and looked at the stamping- not where it should be at all. Got out a go-gauge and it was closing but not just dropping shut. No-go wouldn't go! Took it off and tried the .223. Same thing. Took the 223 back off and reinstalled the .222. That was 5 years ago and 500 rounds ago.

The stainless barrels are much better quality than the CM barrels - at least from Remington.

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