He is a great guy to deal with. I got a barrel from him over a year ago, believe it was a green mountain blank. The fit/chamber/exterior was great. However it copper fowled horribly and the throat on a supposed 6.5 prc saami is way short. Both factory forms of ammo jammed hard. I never posted any frustrations or anything like that as he was just starting to make bolt gun barrels. I believe he went to a different vendor for blanks as that was his plan. I'll be interested to hear your findings. Mine was a Tikka pref