finegunmaker,

...really appreciate the 'insiders' perspective on the dakotas, truly one of the great icons in the gunmaking world...

...one mystery that remains is the dakota-beretta collaborative effort in launching the mato turnbolt...any insight as to why a round-bodied 97 action was selected as opposed to the flat-bottomed 76 action?...costs?...rem 700-type accuracy?...scalability?...did don actually design the 97 action or ugo gussalli?...

...just a few more questions, if you don't mind...why walther lothar barrels as opposed to dakota barrels?...are the lothar's special dakota-spec'ed barrels?...

...thanks for the great insight...