At a gun show late last year, I found a stack of Shilen Chrome-moly uncountoured barrels. Supposedly these were left over from a gunsmith's shop when he passed-away. The vendor wanted $50/each. I bought a .277 cal 1-10" barrel for $40. Why I didn't buy the rest of the barrels still bothers me. IIRC seems like there was a 6.5, .224, .458 & more. At this small gunshow, most shoppers didn't give a barrel blank a 2nd look. I sent the blank to Shilen & they contoured it for $45 plus $20 shipping. I haven't put it on a rifle yet but for $105 I feel like I did pretty good(?)
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