Own four rifles with shilen barrels. Shoot with gents that own shilen barreled rifles. Attended a Shilen Open house a couple of years ago and purchased a couple of barrels off their bargain rack. These were barrels someone had placed an order for and cancelled or there was some cosmetic type problem with them. For example, one of the reject barrels I bought had been threaded for a large ring mauser, but their was a chip in the threads. No problem for me, for I wanted the barrel for a small ring mauser rifle built to make a 250 Savage. Barrel cost was $75. When entering their building a couple of guys that shoot at our range were leaving. Both were carrying five or so of these bargain barrels. It was not their first time to buy them and they were quite happy with them. In short, I'd be very surprised if you will be unhappy with a Shilen. I've yet to hear one of my fellow range members with a Shilen barrel on their rifle have any regret about it.
