Not sure if they still do it this way but Savage was one of the few (only?) manufacturers that still practiced barrel straightening, and they did it well. But it just seems that this would almost guarantee some extra stress to the barrel that may show up as the barrel gets hot.

Shaw does not do this to my knowledge, so one less uncontrolled factor in the accuracy equation.

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