Quote Originally Posted by Texas10 View Post
That's pretty much the case, there's no new materials in the US, however Lothar Walther patented it's special steel decades ago and AFAIK are still producing barrels made from their steel which is produced in only two mills in the world and not available to other barrel makers.

Their website used to detail the history of this special steel, but I can't seem to find it anywhere recently. From what I've read, most gunsmiths were hesitant to turn a L.W. special steel barrel because of the difficulty in working with it. Special cutters, lubricants and machining talents were needed to get an acceptable finish, and it was just too much trouble to be able to make a profit with LW steel.

I do see Savage prefits in their catalog. https://www.lothar-walther.com/drop-...rifle-barrels/

Some History of LW.https://www.lothar-walther.de/media/...ktEnglisch.pdf

Just an FYI, they are in the process of upgrading their "prefit" Bbl's page, more info when it comes in