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That is why Fred appears to be trying the patience, if he re-does the entire barrel, you end up at the exact same place.

I don't understand? If he does make a new barrel, my buddy ends up with a real Ackley round and the barrel he should have received as he was the one who trusted Fred to build him the barrel he did order. Again, we all make mistakes but if you pay top dollar for a product, shouldn't you receive exactly what you bought? Even with new cars there are lemmon laws.

Granted the case will be longer than the original AI configuratin but then you must start adjusting dies and will never be able to set the resizing die down to the shell holder to bump the shoulder back as is needed after a few firings.

It might just be me but if I pay for something, I want what I pay for and not some second as this barrel is. How can you mark a barrel (usually they are marked after chambering) in the right caliber and chamber it in the wrong cartridge? I have bought barrels from EABCO and they test fire and send you the new barrel with a fireformed case to show that it has been test fired. To me that shows that you double check your work. Fred sent out this barrel 2 times now without checking anything! Not to mention missing parts with the second turn around. Is this a guy you would actually trust to build you a custom barrel?

Bottom line is if Fred really takes his business seriousy, he would stand behind his products and just make the new barrel that this guy wanted in the first place.