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I do know that the Sako/Tikka stress-relieves their excellent hammer-forged barrels at the factory in Finland, due to having visited it and asking that specific question.

At least one guy who sounds knowledgeable over on Accurate Shooter claims Sako stress relieves after the contouring machining....who knows.
Well we have just scratched the surface here with our discussion, for every point there is a counter point, this discussion has gone on for years, hotly at times, on AS, with no conclusion. I did learn a several things....one, I didn't know that many if not most HF barrels have the chamber formed in the same process...I did not know that out of the box Sako TRG's could compete in the 1's and 2's in BR....and on and on. Some rabbit holes have no bottom.

Remington's hammer forged barrels have a partial chamber formed around the carbide mandrel used in the process. The chamber/neck/throat are then finished with a pull-through style reamer. The receiver is on the barrel during this process and the bolt body held against the back of the reamer. When the bolt drops, that's the headspace. Firing pin assy then goes in the bolt and the barrelled action heads down the line to the next stop.

Good shootin' -Al