Bought a new Bergara Wilderness Ridge that is having major accuracy issues in my opinion. Cannot get it to shoot better than 1.75-3” at 100yards. Shooting off sand bags and solid rest. Tally rings and leupold vx-5hd on it currently. Yesterday shot the group attached 3 shot with the hornady eldx.
Have tried the following:
Confirmed not the scope with shooting on another rifle.
Confirmed Bergara with another scope and same rings received same results of Grouping.
Have tried Bergara recommended ammunition still same grouping.
Have tried 5 different ammo brands ranging from 155-168 grains.
Have torqued all screws to specs.
After research I found some issues with over painting the areas where the action screws mount. I pulled stock off and looked at the areas. The paint on the areas seems excessive to where there doesn’t look like intimate contact or even pressure would be. You can see where the rear screw has pressure to me that is uneven based off the marking on the action bottom side vs the stock aluminum. What are some thoughts, anyone having issues like this? I have called Bergara and of course they said send it in but will be 5-6 weeks before I may see it back. They said to use some acetone on the areas as they have seen it help but acetone and the amount of paint on these areas would take heavy sanding in my opinion. I have emailed them these pictures yesterday but they were closing when I talked To them. Waiting on them to respond.
Have tried the following:
Confirmed not the scope with shooting on another rifle.
Confirmed Bergara with another scope and same rings received same results of Grouping.
Have tried Bergara recommended ammunition still same grouping.
Have tried 5 different ammo brands ranging from 155-168 grains.
Have torqued all screws to specs.
After research I found some issues with over painting the areas where the action screws mount. I pulled stock off and looked at the areas. The paint on the areas seems excessive to where there doesn’t look like intimate contact or even pressure would be. You can see where the rear screw has pressure to me that is uneven based off the marking on the action bottom side vs the stock aluminum. What are some thoughts, anyone having issues like this? I have called Bergara and of course they said send it in but will be 5-6 weeks before I may see it back. They said to use some acetone on the areas as they have seen it help but acetone and the amount of paint on these areas would take heavy sanding in my opinion. I have emailed them these pictures yesterday but they were closing when I talked To them. Waiting on them to respond.
