Not a snob by any means, but paying $200 for a Shaw or $300 for a brux I will save my pennies for the better barrel everytime. I shoot some factory Remington and kimber barrels so how could I be a snob. I am just trying to point out to the new shooters out there that there are much better barrels out there for not that much money. The last straw for me with Shaw, besides the quality of there barrels is when they tried to say they owned the patient on spiral fluting and kampfield had to quite spiraling barrels as per Shaw lawyers. There is plenty of low end stuff on the market and the companies only thrive because no one spreads the word. If you like Shaw, keep shooting and supporting them.