hey guys todd helms with eastman's out here today at the rifle range to bring you a rifle review of
the bergara b-14 wilderness ridge rifle so i'm going to run down through all the specs
on the bergara b-14 wilderness ridge rifle and tell you why if you're looking for a new rifle
this season you need to be taking a hard look at this one because this b14 wilderness ridge rifle
from bergara has been an impressive shooter so far unfortunately we're a little beheaded season out
here in wyoming and i haven't had a chance to put it to use in the field i've just been using it on
the range and it's impressive it is incredibly accurate rifle this one is a 6'5 creedmoor and
it's a shooter every i've shot it out to 500 yards just this morning
winds picked up i've had to make some windage adjustments which is no big deal
once i got my windage adjustments right this rifle just drove tax
once you get back in the wilderness areas of the west your gear has to perform
and that's what bergara had in mind when they designed the wilderness series of rifles and this
b14 wilderness ridge rifle is purpose-built to be tough as nails super durable give you
high-end performance all at a price tag that's not going to break the bank this particular model
of b14 wilderness ridge rifle in 6.5 creedmoor is gonna hit right around a thousand dollars
now that's msrp so you might find it for a little less you might find it for a little more
but that's right in where you're at and i'm here to tell you after shooting this and
playing with this gun that a thousand dollars for the features that this bergara sports
is a good deal anytime i can take a rifle out of the box mount a scope boresight it
sight it in at 100 and run my dope chart out to in this case 500 yards today with the wind that's as
far as we're going to shoot i have stretched it out a little bit further on on a calm day
and it just hammers whatever i point it at and i can tell you with 100 certainty this rifle is
going to be going with me on some hunts this fall and i am looking forward to putting it
through the paces in the field hopefully we can bring you some actual kill shots with this rifle
alright so new for 2021 this rifle is sporting a 4140 chrome molle steel single piece bolt body
it is the bolt body is fluted right on the bergara label the bolt itself has a spiral cut flute on it
and it this thing just adds that rigidity that you need as a foundation for accuracy the rifle tips
the scales this particular model in 65 creedmoor right about seven and a half pounds with the scope
i'm sitting at just a shade and while with scope and ammo fully loaded i'm just a shade over eight
i like that weight it's heavy enough that i can shoot it accurately but it's light enough that
i can carry it up and down mountains all day and it's not going to slow me down it's not
going to weigh me down after all this thing has wilderness in the name when you think wilderness
like i said you're thinking miles you're thinking long distance you need a rifle that you can carry
easily in the back country and this is going to do it for you write it like i said naked this rifles
about 7.5 7.4 7.5 pounds once once i put the lighter weight scope on it lightweight rings
mounts you're looking at just a shade over eight super portable package highly accurate bergara
has their world famous number five contour steel barrel on this rifle that is an incredibly rigid
and incredibly accurate rifle that's still not going to be incredibly heavy
as we know light whippy pencil thin barrels tend not to be the most accurate things in the world
and bergara mitigated that with this number five contour barrel and this thing has held
sub minute of angle groups at every yardage that i have shot it at due
in large part to the rigidity and accuracy of this number five contour steel barrel
right now i'm running it right at advertised velocities with this and my dope cards are
lining up perfectly and it's just like i said it just hits where i point it it's perfect
400 yards not a problem another thing i really like about this is this oversized bolt knob
this thing is like really man it's just it's perfect size it's not too small where i'm kind
of searching for it it's big it's knurled so even if it's wet or slippery or my hands are
cold i can get a hold of that really well granted i usually run the bolt with my palm like that
maybe my fingers a little bit on the upstroke but it's it's very easy to get a hold of and i really
like that it's a little bit bigger it's not giant it's not going to get caught on things on your
backpack or your clothing or in the brush but it just makes operating this bolt that much easier at
the end of the barrel we're threaded 5 8 by 24. i can put a variety of muzzle devices on this rifle
this one's shipped directly with bergara's omni brake it's a multi-directional uh muzzle brake
and it knocks down the recoil about 35 percent felt recoil that is and shooting this in a 6'5
creedmoor which is not a punishing round by any means it was a lot like shooting i'd say a 22-250
it was very very mild very easy to shoot almost surprisingly so first couple rounds i torched
off i was expecting a little bit more punch and it just wasn't there which is nice because
when i started shooting steel that muzzle break and that reduction in recoil allowed
me to actually spot my own hits through the rifle scope i could see exactly where that
bullet was hitting i had about three minutes of wind to deal with at over 500 yards and
with that muzzle break i was able to call my own shots and and man if you're in a hunting scenario
and you can call your own shot and god forbid it happens i know you miss on the first one
or maybe you don't make a perfect shot on the first time that muzzle break on this in
a variety of chamberings is going to allow you to see if you're using proper shooting technique
where your bullets hitting and you're going to be able to make adjustments on your own in the field
that's a huge reason why i personally really like muzzle brakes all right so the finish
on the metal of this bergara b14 wilderness ridge rifle is sniper gray i think it's sharp
i think it is really good looking and one of the other things i like about it is that sniper grey
is its stealth man and it is just it doesn't shine it doesn't glare and it's unique it kind
of sets your rifle apart from everybody else's in hunting camp which if you're into that that's fine
if you're not okay whatever but functionally it's a great finish it's tough it's going to
resist rust it's going to be low maintenance when you're in the wilderness which is the whole point
of the b14 wilderness series the stock on this rifle is an american style synthetic stock
it has a soft touch finish to it which is it's nice i like that soft touch it's a little tacky
tacky is in it's got a nice texture to it makes it easy to grip they did put some checkering
on that stock so it's really got a firm sure gripping points on it or index points
and the cool thing that bergara does with this wilderness series is it's hand painted at the
factory so it's unique again i like the black speckle i like everything about this rifle the
way it looks is just exceptional but that stock is designed to perform under in extreme conditions
and it's not exactly extreme sitting here at the range but like i said i haven't had a chance to
take it in the field but i have no doubt that like other bergara rifles that i have used in the field
it's going to be phenomenal the trigger on the bergara is really nice this one's set at right
about three pounds from the factory and it is the bregara performance trigger and i have been very
pleased it's crisp it's clean it just breaks like glass and i couldn't ask for a better
trigger in a factory rifle for a thousand dollar price tag another thing that bergara has done
with the b14 wilderness ridge rifle is they put a hinged floor plate on this instead of a instead of
a detachable magazine it's a simple lightweight easy to use design of that hinge floor plate
and it works flawlessly one of the things that has been because bergara is fairly new for in producing
factory rifles you see a lot of questions online in different forums what scope mouse does is my
bregara rifle take so basic remington 700 bases are going to be what you need to mount a scope
to this bergara and which is nice because you can find those all over the place lots of different
companies make remington model 700 rings or not rings but bases to mount a scope with put them on
the rifle mount it up and you're good to go it's really simple all right so you're thinking that's
great awesome features but what chamberings is this thing offered in well this is a 6.5 creedmoor
it's offered in a 65 prc a 308 winchester a 7 mm remington magnum 300 win mag the 300 prc
and the 28 nosler all with twist rates that are going to shoot long for cal are heavy for caliber
long high bc bullets this is a one and eight twist in this six five creedmoor bergara has
an accuracy guarantee of one moa or less using premium factory ammunition
and i achieve that easily with the hornady loads and the bergara b14 wilderness ridge rifle
and like i said when you're out and about and you're in a sporting goods store this fall
you're thinking about maybe a new rifle you need to be looking at the bergaras they stack
up really well against everything else i've been incredibly impressed with the accuracy of this
and in the past when i've shot one of their premiere series in a 6-5 prc in a hunting scenario
performed flawlessly and in fact i wasn't the only one that shot that rifle that year a couple
of other folks from the office took deer with that rifle hammered them every single time thanks for
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