Bergara B14 vs older Rem 700 at this point

[Igloo]

So at this point, would you think there is a clear winner between a Bergara B14 Woodsman, lets say, and a 90s Rem 700 Classic etc?

Which one would you go with?

 

[swampy14]

From my understanding they are just about the same especially if they are both blueprinted/trued.
That said I haven’t handled a bergara that wasnt a smooth action.

The “issue” with bergara actions is the bolt nose. The back of the barrel is dished almost not flat like a standard rem700 or other clones. So that means they don’t take a shouldered prefit only barrel nut/ rebate style prefits.

Now you can order a barrel blank and have a gun smith cut you a shouldered. That’s what I’m having done over the course of this next year. I came upon to b14 rifles at a steal