Perhaps I have completely missed the entire point of this thread, but what I thought was being pointed out by the Pro-high end barrel crowd was that going high end to begin with eliminates a whole bunch of risk.
Not necessarily, depending on who's building your rifle. I know that Mickey and Melvin will both satisfy your accuracy expectations if using Douglas barrels at no additional cost to the purchaser. There is no risk to eliminate. That is the sole reason I use Douglas barrels when dealing with Mickey. He takes the risk, not me. I'd be foolish to use any other barrel when dealing with Mickey.
