I guess I should say, I get the point of giving new guys a chance to develop their craft also, but man, it sucks spending money to be part of a new gunsmith's learning curve!
Definitely have to find a guy experienced with building bolt guns. I used a local, very experienced smith in the late 1990's to rebarrel a spanish mauser, the old shot out barrel shot better than the new one! Then I found out later his specialty was 1911's. If your local bench rest club doesn't have a local smith they recommend, it's well worth the money sending them out.