Virgin Valley has indeed closed the doors to new orders. (They may re-open building specialty parts) but you can't get a new barrel made now. I have access to their existing inventory list and it still shows that they have a couple of big bore barrels left that you might pick up for a good price if you give them a call. Not sure if the list I have is being maintained anymore, but they do build a fine barrel. To my knowledge no one will build a WSM in an encore anymore including VVC before they stopped taking orders. The Short Fat's don't really go well with the Encore so nobody's making them. You can get the H&H, Taylor etc. from Bullberry. You might also check with Mike Sirois of OTT I don't have any first hand knowledge of his work, but have heard great things about his barrels as well.
Bullberry Website OTT Website
