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WOA lists their 20” varmint barrel at 285$ with gas block. What would be a reasonable price for a the same barrel and block used with 200 rounds shot through it?

You've used about 6 2/3% of the barrel life, so I'd start at about a roughly 10% discount or $250 and go from there. I know the math isn't exact, but there's a little more off just due to it being used.

Thank you sir.
A good guideline to go by.

It's like driving a new truck off the lot. The moment you take delivery of it you take the hit. In the ballpark of 200.00. Then again it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay. There may be someone looking for exactly what you have, wants it now and WOA doesn't have it in stock.

Around $200 would be my guess, maybe $225 if you include shipping. At $250 most people would rather pay $35 more and get a brand new one.

Did it shoot like crap? What's your reasoning behind getting rid of it? I'm assuming it's a stainless barrel, is it fluted? If BarryC is willing to give you $250.00 for said unknown barrel, I'd jump on that and get his address. I'm like the other guys, saying $200.00, maybe even a bit less....

It shoots extremely well. I’m toying with the idea of going to a lighter barrel to make it a bit lighter for hunting. I may leave it the way it is so that the my younger kids can Bench shoot since the barrel helps keep down recoil for them. I originally set the rifle up for distance shooting. I’ll likely end up with another upper if I decide to carry it for hunting.

Go with a 20" WOA fluted SDM, you'll love the balance of the gun.

Hard to get much money on used barrels, most people will have a lingering doubt in the back of their mind as to how rounds where really fired through the barrel and whether the seller is getting rid of it due to accuracy issues. Hence you typically need to make a decent discount to assuage those fears.

Truth.

Just don't buy a 26" space gun barrel with the thought of lopping off 6" to make it 20" and hit the ground running. The extra 2" longer gas system won't like that and you'll end up with a soft shooting rifle that won't function well with standard pressure 55gr ammo. Ask me how I know....
It can be made to work by opening the gas port from .100" to .110-.125". Might be able to play with reduced weight BCG as well. I only went to .110" and it worked perfectly with everything but the crappy Wolf Polyformance. Barrel reportedly had 2800 rounds on it. Shoots 1 MOA with 55gr ball and 1/2 MOA with 75gr Horn HPBT handloads. Not bad for a $75 barrel with the gas block and tube. So, it can be worth the effort if you can do the work yourself, but much easier to start with the 20" service rifle barrels. I thought the balance was perfect with no additional weight and an A2 buttstock.