What are most of you willing to pay?? Lets put some rules on it.
SST
15"
No Brake
No fluting
this would be for a Sub 1" group barrel.....one you would be expecting to do 1/2" at a 100 if you do your part with good reloads?
From a custom shop such as ....SSK.....Bullberry...Virgin Valley.....Vanhorn
Please do not base this on some Mystique about a Special brand....But what you would pay or what you feel it is really worth
Fireball

My personal rule is, I will not pay more for a bbl. then I would for a new frame, period.
The result of this rule is I very few custom bbls.
Oh well.
Wes

No brake or custom touches like fluting or special finish? I'd pay about $235.00 or less. Perhaps more if it was based upon a Hart or Shilon match blank, but otherwise $235 or less.

To my thinking, a plain good shooting barrel simply shouldn't cost more than this, unless it has been braked and given flutes or a custom finish. That is what a barrel grouping 1/2" at 100yards ought to cost, and it SHOULD also be available through the factory. Of course it is not, yet it easily could with some care and attention to detail in chambering and crowning, but of course this is the battle that Mike Bellm has been fighting for years!

Sean! funny That is EXACTLY how I feel. Accually I was thinking about $240.00 But I like your Estimate much better. I ask this Because of the prices I have had to pay or have seen others pay to get just a GOOD SHOOTING barrel.
On the other hand I understand that people are in bussiness to make money not loose money and the TC crowd is really a very limited market......BUT most do other things such as rifles and stocks...So why do some charge so much???

Fireball

I recently sold a "custom" barrel. I bought it during a sale an outfit was having last summer. All I can say is that I got what I paid for. I learned a lesson and I won't buy another custom barrel from anyone but SSK. I currently own 2 of their barrels and they are both top notch.

[ 07-18-2002, 18:39: Message edited by: JD HHI 6092 ]

Perhaps more if it was based upon a Hart or Shilon match blank, but otherwise $235 or less.

I would love to find a price around what you guys are talking about. Especially if they were able to get it to you in a timely fashion. I don't want to starve these people either, but do think that they could be a little more reasonable with the prices. Maybe someday someone will be more reasonable & will make a few dollars in the process.
Rich Jake

Watch for VV's Summer Shorty Sale:

Blue (Chrome Moly) $235.00
Stainless Steel $245.00
For Matte Finished Barrels Add $11.00
Special Throating Add $11.00
Special Necking Add $11.00


UPS or US Mail Shipping & Insurance $15.00
Virgin Valley SS Sale

Bob

After reading this thread I called VV and ordered a 14 inch Shilen one in fourteen twist barrel chambered in 221 for $235 on their shorty sale. I have paid almost that for a TC Custom shop barrel. Barrel should be fun to shoot.