I had a rifle built last year buy a smith who specializes in extreme range hunting rifles his words were, "I'll use any barrel you want but I reccomend Lilja, Kreiger, Lawton, Broughton, or Rock creek"
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so what does that mean? A lot of gunsmiths go by reputation and a lot of them don't experiment with different barrel manufacturers. It doesn't mean the others are crap.