i have a positive attitude to switch barrel rifles . . if you want to try a .17hmr or .22magnum for awhile but want to have the option of going back to a .22lr it will work for you. If you want to shoot the .17 on saturday and go to the .22 on sunday you will be unhappy.
Remember any barrel you buy can be onsold later if you decide that caliber is not you . . you might loose a few bucks if you paid top dollar but not enough to make it a deal breaker . . to me.
With my switch barrel i started off with a .17hmr when i got sick of reloading for my .222, shot that for a few years and then picked up a mint .22lr barrel off TM for a couple of hundred bucks . . still have the .17 barrel if i want to go back to it, no gunsmith envolved, half a dozen shots to zero and i am good to go . . to easy.
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