Yeah Stubble, I'm sure that's it too, otherwise they would just advertise a Criterion barrel, vs Kreiger Criterion barrel. I guess everyone has their opinions of what is good though. I found one gunsmith in the area that isn't impressed with Kreiger barrels, and believes a good button rifled barrel is more accurate than a cut rifled. All I want is a decent shooting gun, which I hopefully will get. Shot three shots out of my 30 378 the other day, just to see if it shoots as good as I think because it has been a while,3 under 5/8 at 100 . And yeah, the verdict is still out on the 6.0 Lvs the 7.3 L, so far I think it's a wash.