Well all things considered. It still takes one hell of a good light weight barrel set up to be as "accurate" as a heavier barrel. Granted I do believe one thing. A well made barrel by any manufacture is going to shoot. 2" groups out of a "hunting rifle" at 300 yards is nothing to knock around. That's a good consistent group and is shooting well. I personally shoot "hunting rifle" setups against a lot of heavy barreled custom rifles all the time and stay very competitive to a point. Now that said I agree on that one point you can shoot well with a lighter barrel but after all these years I have come to know one thing.

If you were to group us all together and start shooting paper at all kinds of ranges. The end result would be the same as I have already come to know. The barrels with the "meat" win most of the paper matches. The hunting style rifles win in the fields where versatility and speed come into to play. But when it's off the bench and it's setup versus setup on paper at various ranges I know this one thing. Us non heavy barreled boys better have our game on because it's just plain harder for us to win. So the real story boys and girls is apples to apples, rigidity wins the day. It's a lot easier to make a rigid barrel shoot than a non rigid barrel. Nah I'm not buying this one. You have a well made rifle and that's about it. I know I have a few myself. Go do some competitive shooting you'll see.

I'm mighty proud I can stay in the top five shooters in a region competitive with a "lighter barreled" rifle. And that's enough for me I don't see the need for all that extra money spent on a rifle when I'm more of a hunter than a target shooter. Stand them target shooters up off the bench and the day is ours. No there's no comparison light rifle class to target rifle class. The real competitive shooters know that. Even the weight of the rifle itself will help it be steadier on a rest.

You have a great rifle be satisfied with that.