http://www.gun-tests.com/performance/feb97money.html

I think he summed it up nicely -- which one's "best" depends on what you want. If it's solid performance in a rifle you'll never feel you have to baby, the H&R is the way to go. If it's a glorious work of the gunmaker's art that you can also hunt with, and hang the cost, the Dakota's your baby. Accuracy is definitely not always a result of cost.