Shilen's are very good barrels. In 32 years of Smithing I have never had one come back for any reason.
Shilen barrels are the only barrels I keep in stock in my shop. I will order and install any barrel the customer wants.
Wade Hull of Shilen will make special runs of barrels if the tooling is available. A few years ago I made and chambered a few 1919A4 barrels in 8X57 out of SS so the MG shooters could use the cheap eastern European corrosive ammo. A call to Wade got the ball rolling because he had to use 1.5 inch SS to have enough material to match the original contour of the 1919 barrels.
Shilen barrels is a class act. IME
