For the same price or maybe $25 more, you could get a Shilen, Lilja, Schneider, Kreiger, Pac-nor, or Hart barrel, that would be much better in quality to a Douglas. The last Douglas, supposedly premium grade, barrel I worked with about 14 years ago, was so soft that I still wonder to this day if it had beeen heat treated at all. The cutting tools and chamber reamer went through it like a hot knife thru warm butter. When I have a customer who needs to save a few $$ or just wnats a good serviceable barrel at a economic price, I use a McGowen barrel and have had very satisfactory results. Like Mnhunter said, if you are going to build a custom rifle, don' t cut corners or take short cuts. If you do you may regret it later down the road.