I didn't order anything. I've got a new 204 bolt gun to play with for now. If the wind ever gets below 10 mph here (good luck) I'll get serious with it.
I would like to see a side by side between xcaliber and bhw of the same caliber, same loads for speed, accuracy, and barrel life. I've had great luck with all my bhw except a pair of 308's from Rainier. One of those was the biggest dog barrel I've ever bought. But I'm not sure on the barrel life of them. My 17/223 went roughly 1500 with loads I didn't think were hot. And I had a 243 win barrel that was under 1k when it opened up. No bore scope so not sure if it was erosion or maybe carbon that I couldn't detect. I am also a little bummed bhw isn't interested in putting on a group buy for us. Pretty sure there are a lot of them sold to members here due to the good work of Greg and Ritch and all the glowing reports of the rest of us.