Originally Posted by
hubby11
I think it's pretty clear if it is not stamped "Begara," it's not a
Begara barrel. As MD noted from the CVA website:
"Every barrel that we use today is also made in Bergara at our
BERGARA BARRELS facility, which, like CVA, is wholly owned by our parent company. "
That DOES NOT mean that all barrels coming out of the Begara plant get to be considered worthy of being called "Begara." There is more the brand name than what factory makes the product. Again, as others noted, Begara barrels are subject to extra steps with regard to polish/finish. I don't know all the steps/inspections/tolerences that are required to be worthy of the Begara stamp but clearly not all the CVA barrels get them, otherwise, they would all have the stamp.
Seiko make Pulsar watches, doesn't mean Pulsar watches are Seikos. Last I heard, Bushnell makes Simmons scopes (same manufacturing plant) and it's clearly a different product.
Word games? Maybe. But they are distinctions.
I don't think you're giving Bergara much credit. You seem to think if Bergara isn't stamped on the barrel that's it's an inferior product, or worse. It's not a Bergara barrel. I'm sure all the barrels are made on the same machines, by the same employees with the same material. As I already stated. They need a reason to charge more for the Accura over the Optima. Stamping Bergara on the barrel isn't fooling too many people when they say all CVA inlines have Bergara barrels. It's a sales pitch to make you think you're getting more when you buy an Accura.
Bergara says this about all their barrels. ALL has only one definition to me.
PRECISION STEP THREE – BARREL POLISHING
While most other barrel manufacturers move directly from deep hole drilling to the rifling process, all Bergara Barrels pass through three separate honing spindles. The honing spindles utilize diamond-tipped bits that polish the barrel’s interior surface to a mirror-like finish with a groove diameter deviation of less than 9/1,000 (or .009MM) of a millimeter. It’s the same result that many gunsmiths accomplish by hand-lapping a barrel.
If you see a difference in the bore of the Optima SS barrel and the Accura you have x-ray eyes. You also won't see any difference in accuracy either. I've owned both of them.
My .02