Is my Bergara Bergarbage?

[Clem Bronkoski]

Everyone is talking about the rifle and I didn't see anyone mention the powder. How old is it? Did it get contaminated in any way? Why not buy a box of factory ammo just for giggles and see how it shoots before you go blaming the rifle.

 

[DJ Fergus]

I'm a stickler about checking the actual twist of all of my barrels cause at the factory, it's not uncommon for them to chamber 300 wm in a 12 twist that was meant for a 308 win. I've saw when factories would chamber a 7mm rem mag in a 10 twist barrel meant for a 7mm-08. Another thing, when tight patching, get a feel of where the barrel is tight or loose at. If it gets a lot looser on the muzzle end, that is not desirable.

 

[DJ Fergus]

Everyone is talking about the rifle and I didn't see anyone mention the powder. How old is it? Did it get contaminated in any way? Why not buy a box of factory ammo just for giggles and see how it shoots before you go blaming the rifle.

I pretty sure he's done that

 

[101stCurrahee]

I pretty sure he's done that

Of course.

I just took off all the optics, BUIS, pressure pads etc from my ARs and the NF is too big to fit. This is so much fun.

I'm going to look for rentals tomorrow. This is eating up way too much time. Enough for tonight...

 

[bomberodevil]

And they have their quirks they are a little finicky to aim they do eat batteries can't argue that point I want one but I have other things that must get done first as far as the aim and being finicky there's a trigger from another company that works off inertia when the rifle is fired it will help Missed shots quite a bit

I don't own one but a shooting buddy does, it's pretty darn nice. It is a battery hog though.

 

[338 dude]

I don't own one but a shooting buddy does, it's pretty darn nice. It is a battery hog though.

Same with me I've been looking at one but haven't pulled the trigger yet a friend of mine that goes to the range I go to has one I had it for two weeks. Once I figured out it's quirks and I got the app on my phone to operate it I really like it but like you it is expensive and I just have not felt the need to get it yet I have a magneto speed with wiser precision Mount so it does not attach to my barrel and does not affect my point of impact and it will have to do for now

 

[Kmccord]

The experience I have had with a rifle providing a shotgun pattern has always been scope failure. I read your friend scope is not on a picatinny rail, however, can you or will he let you pull it out of his rings and add it to yours? Something else I have wondered, how are you cleaning the barrel, do you have a bore scope, cannot remember what has been mentioned before? One other thing you may try is using Kroil and JB bore paste to clean any stubborn residue. My first thought during all this is your scope, I would eliminate it first, I would not worry about your Chrono results, shooting at 100 yards will not give you any usable data that will matter. I would focus on scope first and how you are setting up your shooting form.

 

[flyguy1]

Given what you have already spent, I wonder how much a gunsmith would charge to take a look at it? Idaho I would guess is full of them.

 

[101stCurrahee]

Given what you have already spent, I wonder how much a gunsmith would charge to take a look at it? Idaho I would guess is full of them.

I already paid to have one check it out before I sent it back.
At the range now trying to locate either another compatible rifle or another optic.

 

[101stCurrahee]

It's looking like I'm going to owe Bergara a huge apology. Shot this with a 9x Tasco on my rifle. I wish I had more ammunition but I'm about to puke thinking the amount of money and stress wasted on this.

 

[Kmccord]

Glad to see you have it figured out. Sounds like a call to Nightforce on repair.

 

[Dean2]

It's looking like I'm going to owe Bergara a huge apology. Shot this with a 9x Tasco on my rifle. I wish I had more ammunition but I'm about to puke thinking the amount of money and stress wasted on this.

Very glad you finally figured it out. Nothing more frustrating than a gun that won't shoot and you can't figure out why. Funny enough, I was almost positive you had already swapped scopes and eliminated that as the cause when you were looking for the problem way back when. Did I read that wrong or was that scope pooched too?

 

[101stCurrahee]

Very glad you finally figured it out. Nothing more frustrating than a gun that won't shoot and you can't figure out why. Funny enough, I was almost positive you had already swapped scopes and eliminated that as the cause when you were looking for the problem way back when. Did I read that wrong or was that scope pooched too?

Nope. Wish I had but as you can tell it hasn't been easy to find another scope. I'm new to the state, no one will rent an optic or bare rifle, and no one I could find would part with theirs outside of this friendly smith who let me use his old Tasco.

The smith said NF has gone to **** and believes that's the issue after looking at my target. He said for the cheap Tasco that group looks fine.

Ive been calling NF all day and haven't got a call back or answer. Already have the name of their registered agent and a process server. If they don't cover my costs I will take them to court. I can't even put my anger and frustration into words. I'm surprised I haven't had a stroke dealing with this.

I could have bought another rifle with the money I ****ed away dealing with this.

Once again, sorry Bergara if most of this wasn't the rifle.

 

[25WSM]

It's just bad luck you chrono and scope broke at same time. I know you were using chrono results to make up your mind the rifle was bad because of your ES. But I always check the barrel for a coppered up bore first. Then I check the scope on another accurate rifle. Then if it doesn't shoot you go into bedding and crowns and guard screw torque changes. Most of the time someone brings me a gun that stopped shooting it was not clean because they had no clue how to do it right or it was the scope. Scopes are still the weakest link on your rifle. They are much stronger and durable now but they still do fail. I've had them fail on little 6mms in 17 pound guns that don't recoil at all. They just break sometimes. Or a spring loses its power or the grease on the tube gets old and stiff. Old grease in the winter makes for some fine entertainment watching guys try to sight in there deer rifles. Goes like this. First shot 5 inches left. They dial in 5 inches right and shoot. It's right where the first shot was so they move 5 more inches right. Third shot 10 inches left. Hands go up in frustration. Remember most scopes only have to move the reticle down and left. Up and right is the springs responsibility. Some springs can't push through cold grease. Fun times. Look forward to seeing how it shoots when you get your scope back. Good luck.
Shep