Darryl,
The cost, around ten thou, is the primary inhibiting factor. I considered a high tech approach after seeing the capabilities of CAD and 3D scanning on Jay Lenno's garage. And using 3D printing to build a working SXS prototype of my own action.
I am pondering whether a 3D scan of the action body would yield sufficient data to build a monobloc and then into that fit Boehler Super Blitz tubes. I have visions of a ribless setup with a detachable sunken top rib in carbon fiber. Asking around I found that such a high tech approach is nowhere near as costly as a dovetail barrrel set made in England.
The approach is unorthodox, heretical to some. For me monobloc is fine, I do not mind the visible joint at all, and ribs, well my views on those have been often posted.
