Went to the range and shot my new B14R Carbon with standard 'chassis' stock. I glass bedded the recoil lug which works well on a Rem 700 compatible rifle. With NO break in, it shot Eley Match, Wolf Match, Lapua Center-X and SK-Rifle beautifully. Quarter-inch groups at 50 yards (indoors - no wind). Great rifle. Can't wait to see performance after 500+ rounds break-in.
Hi, I just wanted to tell you that I’ve learned more about 22LR mechanics during your Vudoo series than I’ve picked up in 50 years of shooting. This Bergara series looks like it’s going to be a great add on. I appreciate the time you spend making these videos, while working and raising your young family. I never learned anything from Ray 😜.
My Christensen Ranger shoots Federal bulk box pretty well for being 'cheap' ammo. Aguila sucks in all regards out of my rifle. Their subsonic 'sniper' keyholes at 50 yards. This series is awesome! Thanks Kenny!
Have been pleased with my carbon. With a suppressor it THEORETICALLY would be a great motorcycling / backpacking rifle to shoot deep on gov land where you arent necessarily supposed to be shooting. Theoretically. Outside of a broken firing pin(MAYBE i shouldnt dry fire it 10k times, who knows), no problems that couldnt be attributed to crappy ammo. Did take a bit of fenagling to get it to feed properly from my MPA chassis, but newer mags seem to have lessened the problems. Mine definitely prefers Center X and SKRM, at least out of the lots i had on hand. Eley Semi Auto Benchrest Precision was the only Eley load i could find that shot an even halfway decent group, and i tried em ALL. Dont know if it is necessarily value, but its about as good as it gets before you start getting into the yummy high end stuff, imo. Just depends what direction you are looking at it from.
Another great vid Kenny, just got my b14r together and started palying, definqtely a step up form my Ruger Precision, although i seem to have gottenan RPRP that shoots well it just still is not in the swme class as the Berg. Love your informative videos. Keep up the great work sir
Great video, I have a bergara and I have been playing with epoxy to minimize the magazine play when seated in the magazine well. That may work better then the felt suggestions. Have a nice day.
Awesome video man !!! It so cool wacthin a master gunsmith work and shoot I have picked up so much info from all your videos.. thanks for all the hard work
My favorite cheap 22 ammo was SK standard plus and wolf match which I think was the same ammo and Wolf match was $18 a brick when it came out and I still have half a case @ that price, then CCI standard. The funny thing is I had built a 10/22 that shot awesome from 50 - 100 yards and fed no problem! 🙀 What’s really funny was it had a blem GM barrel called “ white face mountain” I got for $49 then threaded and crowned it for suppressed.. Still have that barrel but needs facing now. 🤷♀️
I just.picked up model 12 savage with 26 inch heavy fluted barrel from the late 90s for 499 barrel looks it only has 300 rounds threw it. It has the savage bvss wood stock. I threw my old mil moa swfa on it and. I was saving for bergara but saw this and said i need to just get. training rifle is chambered for 308
Nice you didn’t have any extraction malfunctions. Where the extractors staked? From what I’ve seen from other users on RU-vid. Bergera’s biggest issues is a progressively loose extractor that slips the spent case behind the extractor and creates a jam. Staking the extractor fixes the issue if it ever starts to happen.
Hey great job. I like this video. I am considering the B 14 r carbon Also the CZ 457 I see you gave the B14 a thumbs up What are your thoughts on the CZ Also I just purchased a Arken EP5 Getting it next week How do you like yours Is it good out to 400 plus Thanks for your time. Cheers
Should you lot test @ 50 or 100? If you check the bullet face during feeding you will see it will tend to shave some lead sometimes even when it feeds fine in aftermarket chassis
FYI - With my stock HMR stock/chassis, two pieces of thicker duct tape (Gorilla) on the front of the mag solved my feed issue. So I think your idea has merit!
Great comparative overview!... Question: the Bergara bolt close seems a tad stiff... maybe harder to close bolt than it might be. Have you found a method to make the Bergara bolt close and lock down easier?
Kenny I have a Rim x that is light striking causing misfires about ten percent of the time...any suggestions.....this is a self-built rifle,,,,,, tried to have you build me one but I live in the communist state of California ..... you are the expert builder for 22lr rifles....Best wishes Mike
After 1100 rounds and smoothing out the bolt rotation, this rifle remains very difficult to activate the bolt. A little better with Lapua & SK, unbearable with Eley. Impossible to stay on target while activating bolt. This issue alone makes this riffle NOT fun to shoot. A real shame!!!! Worse yet is the fact that Bergara offers NO solution.
You could re barrel new trigger new ammo and you could even take it to the hospital and they still won't outshoot my cz457 vp mtr. I will shoot a target at 100yrds and have it certified by a notary and I will pay a notary to come and watch and check the distance and certify every thing I also shoot sk standard plus. Beagleman
