again just because certain companies make their barrels using the button rifling doesn't make it better than hammer forging. I am a huge Savage fan, however i would put my lowly cz hammer forged barrels up against my savage button rifled barrels any day. They are different methods of rifling a barrel however i wouldn't go as far as saying that button rifling produces a more accurate barrel than hammer forging. The high end barrel makers mostly use a button rifled barrel and i won't argue that point. Again it doesn't mean they are more accurate, could be more economical for them and thats why they do it. I am not a gun manufacturer and therefore i don't know exactly why they use the method that they do. I do however own rifles with both types of barrels and my cz's will typically outperform my savage's in the accuracy department. I won't go as far as to say thats due a certain type of rifling. I think it has more to do with the fact that CZ does more to fine tune their barrels after they are rifled (ie hand lapping). Just my I am not looking to **** in anyone's wheatie's
Most companies don't use button rifling these days, many have gone to the cheaper hammer forging. But if hammer forging is better, name one maker of high end target barrels that use that method.