..........Yeah.....My latest re-barrel was with a # 5 contour Lilja. Barrel was $300 by itself. Getting the action done, truing and lapping was about another $250, if I remember right. And that was just this past year. I found a good 'smith who doesn't charge an arm and a leg and is local. I'm a happy camper with that. I'm not a machinist and have none of that equipment, but I have done quite a bit of re-stocking and bedding work over the years....it's no secret that you can generally buy "off-the-shelf" new and do it much cheaper than going the custom route, but I guess it's a little bit of that self-satisfaction that goes with it, huh? The "tools of the trade" are another part of just getting started in your own project, also...