LOL.. yep - I’m thinking are my Ex Wife…

Asks for a picture - gets it and complains - this is a waste or my time…

For the OP - all barrel makers put out good barrels - the question is how many of what they put out are shooters ?
Smiths that know how to lap can adjust a barrel, but it is better to start with a good one..

Personally I like Krieger -

I do precision chambering and tried to get the high end guys to send me a blank so I could chamber it - but they won’t do that…
This add’s - well who’s chambering that thing for the barrel maker into question …. A good deal of them had Lake city do it because they are good.

The problem is scale & economics basically push people to bring it back in house.. most of them are doing it CNC … kind of a no brainer.