Interestingly enough, D'Arcy Echols is the first guy I would choose to build my dream rifle and, after about 100 good to outstanding big game rifles owned during the past 40+ years, I base my opinion on some experience. If, I were younger, I would get an Echol's rifle if I had to scrub toilets to afford it....now, THAT is serious gunaholism!
BTW, Steve Markin can and has built entire rifles and engraved them himself quite nicely, but, the problem .280 mentioned exists here as these guys take huge time to do your gun. I will be having Ted Gaillard and Bevan King do my next two or three re-barreling jobs, then, I will have enough(?) rifles.
