Some times you feel like a nut...sometimes you don't". That commercial jingle just about says it all.
Basically boils down to personal choice...what tickles some tushes just pi**es others off. Doesn't really matter much and "have it your way". I LOVE those commercial writers...
One thing for certain...having an adjustable barrel makes it much easier to fit the sizing die to the chamber as you can adjust out the differences in tolerances...unless you have a custom set of dies made along with the chamber and the 'smith does that work for you. I don't use a standard headspace gauge to setup my switch barrels, I use a piece of brass sized in the sizing die I expect to use and use that piece of brass as the gauge to set the headspace.
I also polish out the sizer to fit the chamber dimensions...that way I get the least amount of sizing needed and the brass "keeps going, and going and going"...
There is a ton of good stuff that gets missed when we humans lock onto something and forget there are many roads leading to Nirvana, Valhalla or the Dark place...if you believe in those places.
Luck
Yes, I agree. That is still the best thing about this country; we have choices, almost limitless choices. Each of us can tinker and try new ideas, or test old concepts.
I love to experiment. So the Savage, Remington or Shilen swap barrel with nuts fits my purpose to a tee. Oh boy, I can have it my way. Still, I have a number of old fashion smith built rifles, and they all shoot better than I can hold. This new rifle will be chambered in .22-250 Ackley Improved. Why? I don't know, I thought it might be able to speedily toss the 40 Grain Nosler BT Lead Free and 50 grain Barnes Varmint Grenades squirrel-ward with great prejudice.
Then I wanted to experiment with the Hornady hydraulic forming die and matching FL custom die. You know, fill a case with water place it in the die and smack the expanding pin with a dead blow hammer and reap a fully formed case. Then actually fire it in the rifle to sharpen the corners. What fun! I will use a headspace gauge just in case I want to shoot factory ammo. I can reset the headspace anyway I need it. If that doesn't work, I'll order another barrel chambered for something else, something rational, plain vanilla and totally sane.
At my age, it's gotta be fun, I've done almost everything else. Hmmmm, I wonder how the .20-223 WSSM works, can I get that without onions? Maybe that's not sane or vanilla.