IMO, it's like a lot of things - you can find all kinds of guys who will tell you they can make Damascus barrels but if you actually put them to task you'd find out they really can't.
Look at it this way...120 years ago there were guys who spent 8 or 10 hours a day making tubes. After 10 or 20 years they'd be pretty good at it. In 2009, show me the guy who has twenty years of tube making experience under his belt. So, if someone did make a set today you'd be on the low end of their learning curve.
