"Striking" is a metal removal process (filing and polishing). The amount of metal removed and location from which it is removed determines peak barrel stress, as well as the barrel's contribution to gun weight, balance, and swing efforts. The barrel maker had major input into the gun's characteristics.
That is some dream foistered upon the public along with the rest of the "magic" required to create a 'best" gun. Didn't you ever read Vic Venters on "Concentricity"?
Way more important and working towards quality than the hackneyed notion of striking for balance. If you had any clue how little change the balance can actually effected by "striking" you stop repeating this absurdity. I'm quite sure you Never put any file to any barrel.
Striking is simply about removing the flaws from the barrel finish to achieve a quality bluing or browning and final appearance. There is not enough metal removed to effectively change handling qualities without drastic thinning of the barrel walls.
If this was ever done, it certain is out of the scope of today's gunmaking.
