Haven't you been reading? According to Blaxsun, Questar already knew the barrel was in poor condition because they inspected and photographed it before it was shipped out. They have by admission, sent out a rusty and defective barrel and proceeded to pass the issue onto the customer to deal with as a warranty issue. This is unacceptable and not excusable under any cirumstances.
Well, without tripping in between the seller and buyer (I in no way represent Questar), I read the following:
"they indicated that not only had they inspected and taken a picture of it prior to shipping (!) - but that "the quality was consistent" with other LMT barrels (I'm paraphrasing)."
That doesn't indicate to me they owned up to shipping out a barrel in such poor condition, just they had photographed it prior to shipping.
Surface rust is, while sucky, explainable and somewhat understandable as I indicated.
The surface scratching too is purely cosmetic, and somewhat understandable (although unsightly to some).
The apparent gouges in the chrome lining would be a warranty issue, as I'm guessing that would most assuredly have taken place at time of manufacture and out of the suppliers hands.
So again, I'd reiterate maybe seeing and understanding the three sides to the coin before jumping to conclusions......