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6.5 Creedmoor
tkindvall
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Looking to buy a 6.5 Creedmoor. Trying to decide between the Savage model 16 Lightweight hunter and the Bergara B-14. Any advice between these two would be appreciated. Roughly the same price so that is not an issue just interested if anyone has owned one or the other and their recommendations. Thanks in advance.
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This quote is from a factory description. Note that it is compatible with a couple of M700 components as well as aftermarket stocks. The other descriptor is with regard to the often lauded 'floating bolt head' from Savage.
quote:The action shares the Remington 700's footprint, so it's compatible with Model 700 aftermarket triggers and safeties. Yet it has several features the original gun lacks. The 16-oz. (short action) body is made by Bergara in America and features an extended collar that incorporates and conceals the recoil lug. It has an 8 1#8260;16" overall length in short-action and 8 15#8260;16" in long-action. Flimsy it is not.
Its bolt is partially made and assembled by a well-known OEM bolt maker whose name McGarity won't reveal due to the maker's existing contracts with other rifle makers. It features spiral fluting to minimize binding even when dirty, a floating bolt head to ensure perfect alignment to the receiver, a stationary gas shield, a sliding plate-style extractor, two locking lugs and a 90-degree throw. Hendricks told me the action will be standard equipment in two of Bergara's three rifle lines.
You haven't let us in on what you might be wanting to use either rifle for although by their names it could be assumed that these will be hunters.
I personally don't care for the tinny sound of the Savage action since it is distracting and just plain sounds cheap, like it is. I haven't handled this particular Bergara but I have handled others at SHOT Show. While interesting in their choice of components, these Bergara's are really building their reputation on the accuracy of their barrels. The rest of the components can be gotten and assembled into accurate rifles in various iterations by knowledgeable gunsmiths.
While the owners tout the consistency and accuracy of their barrels, their rifles have yet to make an appearance at any of the top competition slots at any of the venues I frequent. But that could be changed rapidly by setting themselves up as a major team sponsor. This is one of the easiest, albeit expensive inroads into getting your name known.
Other than that, Bergara hasn't fielded anything that all of the other makers field already. The only differentiation will be the performance of their barrels.
Best.
I have watched with interest as they try to find their niche in the custom gun pantheon
Mike
Have no info on the Bergara.
A short 6.5-308 so to speak. I really like dad's 256 Newton a 6.5-06 so to speak.