Quote Originally Posted by big honkin jeep View Post
Maybe I'm the only guy in the world but I have a completely different perspective.
I have a pretty nice stable of toys including some Savage factory sporters that are just plain stupid accurate.
In fact, they are what gave me the Savage bug many many moons ago.
Best I can tell and what works for me, It's all in finding the the load, with some being more stubborn than others.
Shoot it and see what happens. You may be pleasantly surprised.
no actually you are far from the only guy in the world with an accurate sporter barrel but take that accurate sporter and shoot a 10 shot group through it and see how accurate it is after 4 rounds...ESPECIALLY a large magnum caliber.

the OP asked if a sporter in 300WM was a good target barrel for say 10 shot strings not is a sporter barrel accurate.