I will say there is a clear difference in barrel cleaning and who made it.

I don't say that has anything at all to do with accuracy though.

Savage take more cleaning, XC was in between, The Shilen was the best.

XC seems to be a bit more accurate than the Shilen. That may be the 308 vs the 30-06 (and both Bull barrels)

I am going back to the Savage Varmint contour to work that one through (I got the XC in and wanted to work with it so I swapped it out before I got a load going for the Varmint. )

Last go around I was getting under 1/2 MOA out of the Savage Varmint. That puts it on par with the other two accuracy wise.


As the Shilen shoots as good as the other two I would be biased in that direction.

On the other hand, for hunting as long as it shoots 1.5 inches that's good enough for me. You don't clean them enough to make any difference for a hunting gun.