The Bergara barrel is obviously the highest quality and has more care involved in manufacture than most other muzzleloading barrels. As far as comparison to my Omega the stainless barrel on my Optima Elite (Bergara barrel) came a lot more finished and a lot smoother inside than the extremely rough interior of the Omega. I had to lap it with 400 passes of JB Bore paste just to get any sabot down the bore. It is still rougher looking in the bore than what the Bergara barrel looked like when delivered. I know there are old time horror stories of CVA barrel problems but personally I think a lot of them are rumors that never happened. Any problems CVA had in the past are long gone. I think my Optima Elite is every bit as well made as my Omega which not only has a very rough barrel but has a crooked hammer as well plus the trigger is no where as nice on the Omega. Again this is my experience and all will vary.