Perhaps. I could see marketing trying to squeeze a couple of hundred by playing the OR as "premium"...

One interesting note... when I purchased my Sport I, I could have purchased the OR for about the same price. I chose the Sport because of the 1:8 twist, 5R rfling (marketing)...

Today, a Sport rifle sells for $525, yet the OR sells for $789 (grabagun used for prices)... right where it was many years ago.