Well here goes. I been building rifles for myself and my buddies for about 30+ years.
I'm a P-Dog shooter! I've had custom Shilen, Hart, Douglas, Lilja and Pac-Nor to name a few.
But todays world lead time is a big factor, ba ba ba! So the best thing out there now is Nuts for barrels!
The DIY out there can learn something these days with barrel nuts. Pac-Nor makes for Rem., and Mauser now.
I seen them for M77 Ruger also, and there may be others out there! Savage did the best thing with barrel nuts
but nobody realized it to just the last few years! Times have changed!
Lost of great barrel makers out there all you have to do is pick one!!