hey guys todd helms out here with eastman's hunting journals today
to bring you a killer review on the bergara mg lite rifle
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give us a thumbs up and let's hop to it all right so like i said bergara mg lite
uh xlr industries magnesium chassis that's the first thing you notice about the bergara mg
lite i have been a fan of xlr industries for a long time and i was super stoked this year
midwinter at a couple of shows when i on when i found out that bergara was going to be
creating a factory rifle platform with the mg lite or with an xlr industries chassis
mg stands for magnesium and it just slashes weight in this performance package so bergara decided to
take their premier series action and made it with their cure barrel their all new cure barrels
which we'll get to that in a minute and then they drop it in this xlr industries element stock it is
man it is a state-of-the-art hunting rifle
bullseye i wanted to give you a rundown through the features of this rifle
it's available in four chamberings you've got six five creedmoor 65prc 308 winchester and
300 winchester magnum i'll be interested to see what else they come out with in this platform
but those are four very solid offerings again i've got the creedmoor here with me today it's
light guys without the scope uh before scope it's weighing like six and a half pounds 6.7 ounces
that is light that's super light obviously the scope that you use and the rings and mounts
that you use are going to dictate overall weight mine as it sits is tipping the scales at about
just shy eight pounds when it's fully loaded okay so bergara wanted to keep the mg light as
light as possible like i've said so we're moving backwards on this xlr industries chassis
and we come to this this is a different grip than you've probably ever seen it is carbon fiber
and there's nothing to this it is ounces super cool the other thing i like about carbon fiber
is it's warm to the touch hunting rifles a lot of times we're using them in cold conditions
if this grip were metal i don't care what kind of metal it would be cold on your hand
even with gloves on it would be cold this is not cold it's a nice vertical configuration it's easy
to get wrapped around it back here to the folder on the back end xlr industries folding stock
all it does is fold up like that look at how short compact if i was strapping that to a
backpack for a backcountry hunt that's super compact that is awesome i love that feature
it's easy to use you push the button and it folds open closes click shut i have a fully
adjustable carbon cheek piece on this this is the standard car xlr industries carbon buttstock it's
got a half inch limb saver recoil pad which you really don't need with that muzzle break
the 65 creedmoor is wearing a 22 inch barrel the 6'5 creedmoor the 65prc and the 308 winchester
all have 22 inch barrels the 300 win mag has a 24 inch barrel so you're gonna burn all that powder
in that magnum case and get that velocity that you need we've got an aics detachable five round
box magazine this is straight from bergara this thing is poly so it's light five rounds fit right
in there beautiful again six five creedmoor i like these because i could get another one and put
it in my pack or put it in a a bino harness and have it right on my person and all i got to do is
jack it up in there close the bolt and i'm ready to go we have a trigger tech trigger
on this trigger tech has obviously become a huge player in firearms manufacture what started out
as an aftermarket deal companies like bergara are featuring trigger tech triggers almost exclusively
now and i personally think that's an awesome move these things break like glass they're
clean they're crisp and they're fully adjustable all right we have a threaded muzzle break on this
it's come it comes from the factory with a 5/8 by 24 thread and and bergara's omni break
the omni brake super efficient uh cuts down on a lot of recoil but if i want to take it off and
put a suppressor on there money got it no problem 5/8 by 24 thread your suppressor on there and go
i couldn't walk up and put that any better we've got graphite black cerakote finish on the action
the in the bolt and the muzzle break as you know cerakote's super tough it's a great coating
it's kind of comes standard on a lot of rifles now and it just it doesn't mar it doesn't wear it
doesn't rust this this setup right here is about as weatherproof and element proof as you could
possibly get one of the cool things that bergara did is they didn't reinvent the wheel when it came
to scope mounts this is model 700 compatible any of your model 700 8 by 40 screws are going to fit this
mount the real old ones no but the new the new style remington model 700 mounts are going to fit
so some of the other things that you're going to see on here you see these cutouts along here along
this side these are all m lock compatible i could put a variety of accessories on this as it comes
this xlr industry stock is arca swiss compatible meaning that a lot of camera tripods or spotting
scope tripods that have the arca swiss head on them or swiss plate technology this thing's going
to drop right in eliminating a piece of equipment for you making this just even more back country
perfect that is the run of all the features on this i mean you can look at it and tell this
this ain't your this ain't your granddaddy's deer rifle this is uh new it's modern it is
it's as scientifically advanced as as we can pause a company could possibly get lots of cool features
about the mg light from bergara but i think that's enough talk i think it's time to shoot
all right so i've got it sighted in we have about a 15 mile an hour tailwind out here and it's hot
this morning it's like 85 degrees um but that wind is blowing straight down range which is perfect
normally i don't like to shoot try to sight in a rifle when it's this windy
but um this is what we've got to deal with today kind of like a hunting scenario guys conditions
aren't always perfect when you're out there but i've got it dialed at a hundred now i'm gonna
try to shoot a group i don't have this thing in a vice so this is human error involved included
bergara guarantees one moa of accuracy with premium ammunition like what i'm shooting today so
let's see if i can do it i think the gun's got it but we'll see if i can do it
i pulled that last one
that's not bad that's not bad at all the gun is definitely living up to what it
says the accuracy guarantee no doubt this thing's hot that's one of the cool things about the cure
barrel is the airflow around that steel interior it uh the cure doesn't trap heat and so it is uh
it's gonna cool down really fast let's walk down take a look all right so we're sauntering down to
the hundred yard target after i shot and i shot that group quick um it that's my mindset when it
comes to a hunting setup is i don't necessarily want i don't care if i can shoot let the gun rest
for 10 minutes shoot again and shoot one tight little hole that's all great fine and dandy
but in a hunting scenario i may have to put three rounds downrange real quickly especially on say
we're hunting elk elk are notorious for soaking up bullets especially from the 6'5 creedmoor
so i need to put as many rounds on an elk as i possibly can in a very short window of time
i just put five rounds down here on range really close to an moa group
pretty quickly i wasn't rushing i could shoot faster but i wasn't shoot let the
gun cool shoot again either i was boom work the action boom work the bolt boom and this
is my results right here so one of these squares is an inch an inch at 100 yards is an moa
this black stop is 117 yards so that opens me up to 1.17
moas i've got definitely three these are my first three right here
these are my first three shots these are my last two which i pulled just a little bit shooting
the gun fast probably pulled i know for a fact i pulled these two i could feel it when i shot
but i will take this a five shot group at 117 yards going fast i'll take that all day long
well hey guys there you have it that is the review on the bergara mg lite thank you for
joining us i'm very impressed with this rifle the bergara mg lite lived up to its accuracy
guarantee that one moa guarantee with premium factory ammunition it did it
i've been wanting to build one of these configurations for a long time and uh i think
bergara hit the nail on the head with this one from the folder to the m lock the whole ball of
wax guys this rifle is legit thanks for watching and until next time we'll see you in the field