You will loose the following with a AI.
1. Barrel will be set back so it will not fit the stock bedding or forend.
2. New expensive loading dies.
3. Expense to have the new chambering stamped on the barrel.
4. Resale ease and value.
5. Waste of bullets, powder, primers fireforming.
1. ? Its a rebarrel.
2. 30-06 Lee Collet dies are cheap. Seaters for a '06 are everywhere.
3. ? See No.1
4. If you build rifles to sell, yes.
5. It's called shooting. Kinda the whole point.
I'll be the last to say people should AI everything, but if ya want to, there is little down side.
