I'm done with Bergarbage!

[Arminho]

Yeah, I had read all the hype and glowing reports for a few years before my purchase. Just my luck...
I think they got so popular so fast, that they sacrificed QC in order to blow more product out the door.

It seems like it. Now the gun is discounted 800 on Eurooptic, makes sense.

 

[Arminho]

I will be trying out a Hell's Canyon McMillan next, hoping for the best. Can't shoot any worse, and multiple folks on here seem to love them.

 

[TikkaManAlberta]

Posting as a warning (and vent) to anyone contemplating a Bergara Ridge rifle. I recently bought two.

Long story short, groups look like shotgun patterns. Painstakingly broke in and 4 different brands of quality factory ammo tested in both. I have the same rifle in a different caliber I bought a few years back and it's a legit 1/2" gun. Wasted a lot of time and money on these two new turds. Seems things have went south there.

Full disclosure: I am not giving them the opportunity to make it right. I don't have any desire to deal with their customer service. Been there, done that!

Late to the party, I can’t get my carbon Ridge in 7 PRC to shoot under two minute. Going to dump the gun and go back to Tikka

 

[Arminho]

A tale as old as time lol.

I dumped my Bergara a couple years back and have been shooting a Browning Hells Canyon McMillan stock in 28N and its lights out.


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[01Foreman400]

I bought 2 Wilderness Ridge SP’s at the same time. One in 6.5 CM and the other in 308. This was in 2023. Right off the bat the 308 was shooting great groups. It took me 2 years to get the 6.5 CM to shoot. I spent a lot of time and money testing hand loads for it. It took 2 year because I’d get frustrated shooting 2” to 5” groups and quit. I cleaned it before each testing and made sure everything was torqued to specs. I tried 125 HHT Hammer bullets with 2 different powders, Barnes 127 gr. LRX with 1 powder and 130 gr. Accubond with 2 powders. I decided to give it one more try with the Accubonds and just loaded them to book length with H4350. That was the ticket! It actually started grouping. The more powder I gave it the better it grouped. The last group was a .422” at 100 yards. I’ve killed 24 deer with the 308 the past 2 seasons and I’m looking forward to using my 6.5 CM this season.

 

[JohnJohnson]

I bought 2 Wilderness Ridge SP’s at the same time. One in 6.5 CM and the other in 308. This was in 2023. Right off the bat the 308 was shooting great groups. It took me 2 years to get the 6.5 CM to shoot. I spent a lot of time and money testing hand loads for it. It took 2 year because I’d get frustrated shooting 2” to 5” groups and quit. I cleaned it before each testing and made sure everything was torqued to specs. I tried 125 HHT Hammer bullets with 2 different powders, Barnes 127 gr. LRX with 1 powder and 130 gr. Accubond with 2 powders. I decided to give it one more try with the Accubonds and just loaded them to book length with H4350. That was the ticket! It actually started grouping. The more powder I gave it the better it grouped. The last group was a .422” at 100 yards. I’ve killed 24 deer with the 308 the past 2 seasons and I’m looking forward to using my 6.5 CM this season. View attachment 928494View attachment 928495View attachment 928497

How many shots are in those groups?

 

[01Foreman400]

How many shots are in those groups?

The both are 3 shots.

 

[Arminho]

Glad to hear that. It didn’t make sense for me to keep chasing and burning through a 28N barrel.


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[Mike D Texas]

If the .308 was shooting better/easier out of the gate and I had killed that many deer with it, I wouldn’t even consider the CM. I would have sent it down the road.


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[01Foreman400]

If the .308 was shooting better/easier out of the gate and I had killed that many deer with it, I wouldn’t even consider the CM. I would have sent it down the road.


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