He made me a nice octagon barrel for a No3 ballard

The last three half octagon to round profiled and polished Douglas Premium blanks that I purchased to also fit the existing wood. Where all under 350 dollars each delivered to me. I just could not justify the time and effort being spent in doing the same myself when I could be working on getting those rifles up and running competitively within a couple of days each or at times even less. Not including any rust blueing and none being wanted at the time including my own as the barrels were actually that nice. And they could then be done during the off season if one chose to do so during that time. 
Below is a picture of my own and chose not to have it blued. 

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Another vote for Green Mtn if you want a tapered barrel that will duplicate a specific style.  What receiver are you using?  I liked that my lightweight tapered barrel for my 25-20 came with a cylindrical section, part of which I retained when threading and chambering to yield a Ballard style “tulip” on my little smooth side low wall. It looked great! 

Froggie

Hmmm. I wonder if they ever do .44 barrels for .44-77 et al.