hammer forged bbls., vs..
If you have the hammer forged almost straight taper bbl., maybe you can go with a higher quality hook rifled barrel. The hammer forged jobs are ready to go, right from the rifling machine, but they can't be rebored, since their steel has already given too much. These rifles have really good chambers, right from the git go. So maybe the question is do you want to spend a bunch of money to upgrade? I'd want a really precise "smith" before I chopped into a brand new Vanguard. Carpooler