As you can see it gets confusion fast.

Get the action wrench and nut tool from NSS, you may get one stop shopping as he does Criterion and Shilen.
As noted, any issue at all and Jim is on it. That is a big help. He does the driving and follow up.


Shilen is good, Criterion is good, X-caliber is good (not an NSS line)

I would not go Wilson. They are mass production, probably ok overall, but I had one on an AR, claimed to be 3/4 MOA, could not get it under 1.25 with any load. Good enough for an AR but not what I was after.

ADDED: I would put Wilson on par with Savage, decent barrel but not one of the Shilen/Criterion/XC class that are not mass produced.

As noted, a Brux or Bartlein are a waste unless you are "in the match game".