If you intend to hunt with it and not necessarily impress your friends then the TC barrel will be all you'll need.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with them.
Custom barrels offer options that TC can't offer but often those options are only "frills" and "real hunters" usually don't want frills.
They usually want accuracy, reliability, reasonably good looks, and a good value for their buck. TC is kind of like Remington only in the single shot world.
If you go the custom route you'll find several barrel makers that can accomodate you.
Their products cost significantly more and often performance isn't necessarily any better.
But!!! You can have it YOUR WAY and you can by golly have it look so dang good that all your friends will be quite impressed!
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