Sniper338, I am going to have to disagree with your list... Shilen Douglas and Hart have all been in the winners circles in big matches. The problem is, that shooters all want to know what the most recent winner used and assume his barrel maker obviously makes a better barrel. Not thinking, he had an off day, or the winner just had a perfect day/better wind condition/had just got laid or was in a better mind set. So every one runs out and buys Barrel brand X... Until, they get beat by some one shooting Barrel brand Y.. Then you would have to be nuts to sill be using brand A, B or C.. "You can not win with those barrels. blaa blaa blaa.. it is a bunch of hooey.. Lija is good enough for Olympic gold medals, Douglas, Shilen and Hart have made top bench rest barrels forever.. Why cant they win now? Because the top shooters tried different barrels and won matches. They(Hart, Douglas and Shilen) did not forget how to make great barrels they still do. Just the top shooter have not tried them recently. If they did they would be on everyones guns like they were in the 70's-80's...
Just my thoughts on the subject. I have Shilen, Rock Creek, Krieger and Brux barrels currently. I shot a match in Texas a while back using a Shilen barrel on a Savage and shot 17 X's.. Not bad for a prefit middle of the road barrel. (I also shot a solid 5 during that match it was hideous.) My point is most shooters are followers. They follow the leaders and most are afraid to take the road less traveled. I order barrels based on wait time. In stock reigns supreme for me..