I use a lot of Douglas barrels, as did Charlie Dell and a lot of others- here are their offerings in .321 and .324:

32-40    14,16,18&20      32-40 Win.

8mm     10 & 12             8 x 57 mm, 8mm-06, 8mm Rem. Mag.

Shilen currently lists only 8mm = .323 in 10" twist, and .320 in 14" twist as a black powder barrel.

I'd like to have contact information for Ron Smith's barrels. Does he make a 22 rimfire barrel?

Ron Smith
P.O. Box 635
Wimborne, Alberta 
Canada
T0M 2G0
403-631-2405

Yes Ron also makes 22 rimfire barrels, I have one on a Martini International MkII. However he does not do .17s

Just broke in a new RKS 22-250 gain twist barrel  this weekend. Shot a .345" 5 shot group at 100 yards using Speer 50 grain HP TNTs while breaking in.

A few years ago someone assessed the frequency of placing in the medals at the annual ISSA International Schuetzen  match in Raton based on the rifle barrel maker. Approximately half the time the winner was using a RKS barrel. Unfortunately I cannot relocate the article to give you a proper reference.

Also having shot at all of Tommy Mason's  and the Pacific Northwest regionals and the Canadian International ISSA shoots every year since 2000; I can positively say that at least 75% of all medal winners were shooting RKS barrels at these events.

Yes there are regional preferences to barrel makers and there is also preferences within certain shooting disciplines.

However RKS barrels have become very popular in more than one discipline. In  long range high power game RKS barrels have been winning competitions for many of the British and Australians as well as numerous Americans and Canadians.

But as most everyone already knows Ron doesn''t have to advertise his barrels. They have developed an amazing reputation based on their own merits wether it be for Black Powder, Silhoute, Cowboy Action, Schuetzen, Long Range High Power or for fine custom hunting rifle.

It is impossible to say which is the best when it comes to fine barrel makers like Douglas, Shilen, RKS etc. They are all worthy barrels.

However I can easily get you a list of at least 50 very well respected American and Canadian and other International shooters that swear by RKS barrels. Many of us hold Ron's barrels in as high esteem as Pope's were in his time.

our beloved Schuetzenmeister shoots an RKS bbl and we all know that he is hard to beat - be it score or group size - If I had it to do over I would have gotten RKS bbls for my CPA if I would have known about them at the time.
u all have a good day now - rimfire

Have Schuetzen style rifles with Douglas, Shilen, and 
Badger barrels.  They are all properly chambered and throated for the bullets that I use in them.  Unfortunately, they all do better than I do.  If I could find a barrel that when properly set up on a rifle, was superior on its' own, to others.  I will buy it.