I believe the Bergara (also made in Spain)barrels are only available on the CVA Optima Elite whichwas engineered as a centerfire frame from the beginning andshould conformtonorth american centerfirestandards (SAMMI). The lions share of CVA products are not Bergara barreled(inlcuding the Win Apex in the beginning of the thread).

Also Bergara is not indiginous to CVA Optima Elite, they are also marketing barrels for the T/C Encore frame. Good for them.

Yes their (Bergara)website does claim to beguaranteed betteraccuracy than a factory barrel and superior quality. However, does not quantify or qualifyhow this achieved nor backed up. Not saying Bergara barrels are not spectacular, but other than website claims not sure if they are the next best thing to sliced bread. They may very well be but FG, you are going on as if these claims are factual and I still wonder how you substantiate this.
http://www.bergarabarrels.com/

No, thankfully theredoes not seem to be the catastrophic problems of the past with CVA or other ML makers. However, having owned CVA hardware in the past and having worked on a bunch of CVA's over the years gives me the impression that their quality is not something that I would care to invest in.

If you or other folks wish to, fine.

In fact, I never said "don't buy CVA". I just said that I did not want to.