Only have one Shilen and it was excellent. I have heard that they don't last as long as cut rifled barrels but this is by target shooters standards. That barrel has held up fine and I keep waiting for it to go but it still shoots and shoots just about anything I throw together. The throat looks like elephant leather but so far so good.
"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli
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