Sorry about that. I wasn'tsure, but I see now what you are talking about. I have a very limited knowledge of BR shooting. I do belong to a 1,000 yard range, and we have some pretty good BR shooters there. Most of them shoot Krieger barrels. That is why I only stated "the ones I talked too". Itdoes seem like you can learn alot. However I personally do not believe that Savage goes through the time necessary to make a button rifled BR barrel. This is just my opinion though. I have no first hand knowledge to base that on.
Tom I think that cut rifled barrels are the way to go on a hunting rifle and dont see why they wouldn't work just as well on a match gun. Out of all the barrel rifling techniques they are the most stable and induce the least amount of stress on the barrel.It will be my first choice for my next project which will be rebarrelling a remington 798 .Your right also on the Savage barrels not being BR quality. There is no way that is possible considering the way they manufacture their guns. They make a nice straight barrel that tend to be a bit rough inside but they still shoot well.