I know everyone here loves to swap out factory barrels for Criterion, McGowan, Shilen etc. Yet, I keep reading articles about how Team Savage shoots "out of the box guns" and wins competitions. How bad can the factory barrels be if that is the case?

So my question is, has anyone bought the factory fluted SS barrels as an upgrade and how well did it work out? I'm not opposed to spending $3-400 on a match barrel if that is the only way to get sub MOA accuracy but I don't like to over buy when I could spend the difference on reloading supplies. I haven't priced the factory "premium" barrels, so I suppose there might not be much of a savings going that route.