While you are purist level correct, there are lots of rifles stamped AI out there of unknown background.
Using the Zeglin and false shoulder method will provide safe and long case life results.
Obviously you never checked the headspace in that 22-250 or you would have known not to shoot factory ammo in it.
One could argue that if it did not come out of P.O.s shop, it's not an Ackely.
You might want to invest in Zeglin's excellent book on P.O..
You can call it whatever you like. That doesn't make it right. I am correct in both a purist & a very real way for the reason stated... factory ammunition fit & function. You're just flapping your yap & pulling your pud. Dont get any on the rest of us.
I dont know, nor care, who this Zeglin clown is. I'm sure the method I've been using for more than 35 years on this rifle & couple others is likely the same but likely predates his book that I've never heard of. It's not that difficult to figure out with some basic knowledge.
Cant slip nothin' past this guy... Obviously I didn't check headspace, but figured it out right quick. The rifle complete with brass & dies, came from a walk-in at a gunshow along with its 30-06 brother, which is headspaced correctly, for less than the price of the bare actions at the time. It's all sorted out & works fine now. It's big brother works well too.
Only from Ackley's shop? Horseschidt! Ackley was a business man as well as a gunsmith. He named the series of improvements after himself. Is a PPC from other than Ferris Pindell's shop not a PPC?
Why would I "invest" in this Zeglin character's book when I have Ackley's books as well as a friend who went to Trinidad when PO was still teaching there. The proverbial horse's mouth, so to speak, beats second hand conjecture & bloviation. It certainly beats some 3rd hand information from some wanker on the internet who really has nothing to offer, but has already pissed quite a few members of the site off with his attitude.