Hoping someone can clear this up for me, as my head's going to explode.
I have a friend that took his bone-stock 280 Rem to a gunsmith and asked for it to become a 280 Ackley. The 'smith turned the barrel back one revolution and chambered it (with POA's original .004" crush fit
on the datum line shared by both the regular and Ackley forms of the 280).
Will this work--without excessive headspace--with SAAMI 280 Ackley brass, e.g., Nosler?
From what I'm surmising within
this Nosler FAQ (which the gunsmith seemed to follow to a "T"), is that the issue is when a 280 Rem is rechambered to an Improved
without first turning back the barrel.
Any & all help greatly appreciated.
