It seems to me, but i am not 100% positive, Toby has written about shooting 10,000 shots through his long range hunter. He experienced the same accuracy at 10,000, that he witnessed at 1000.

The past 2 years have seen me extensively testing breech plug modifications, and home made breech plugs. A way more shots have been fired by me through my Bergara Barrel, than i would have, had i only been sighting in, and hunting. Judging by how it feels to push a bullet down to the powder, the Bergara Barrel of the Accura is showing significant wear. The number of shots fired wasn't counted, so i can only guess i have fired some less than 2000 shots through this barrel.

Naturally i don't have near enough data to make a strong conclusion, but it seems to me that my Bergara Barrel is wearing considerable faster than Toby' Green Mountain Barrel. It seems to me the Bergara Barrel are 'softer' than the Green Mountain Barrel.

Unless, i am incorrect about Toby shooting 10,000 shots through his Rifle, i am forced to conclude that the Green Mountain Barrel are 'better' than Bergara Barrel.