Barrel Crown - How important?

Here is an article from the March issue of Precision Shooter magazine. For those not familiar with this magazine? That is because it is not one of the newsstand Shoot and Bang rags. This is the magazine of the Benchrest and Accuracy shooters. The article in this publication are not by the "run of the mill" gun magazine writers who get paid to write basically "favorable" articles about products they get to test for free. These articles are written by accuracy oriented shooters. They get submitted to the editor (who is a benchrest shooter) and has to approve of them; knowing that the benchrest community will definitely scrutinize them if they are not up to snuff.
I had always been of the same opinion, that your crown had to be perfect to achieve the best accuracy............and I still do and will continue keep my barrels with a sharp crown. However, this article sheds a little different light on the subject. I also had occasion to speak with a shooter from Tennessee who holds the 600 yard heavy gun record and has written a number of articles for PS magazine. And........I questioned him about this article? It did not surprise him either? However he, like myself, will still keep the crown sharp.......just because thats the way we were always taught to believe ;D. It will definitely make you scratch your head! Enjoy!
Richard