simone
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Out of the rifles you mentioned i can only talk for Bergaras because they quickly became me, my brother's and my friend's most chosen hunting rifles. I have had a BA13, shooting half MOA with cheap softpoints. My brother had a BA13, also shooting sub MOA with both sub and supersonic loads. He doesn't even measures groups but sent me a couple pics pf his zeroing target and it looked like around 0.6-0.7 MOA rifle with the same cheap softpoints. My B14 hunter shoots those same **** cheap sofpoints 0.3 MOA all day, in factory configuration (i know it sounds like a lie but it's true) and I am currently building a new hunting rifle from a b14 hunter barreled action with an aftermarket stock, trigger and an aics adapter. It looks like this rifle shoots very well too. All these rifles are in 308 and, despite being very accurate with some ammo, they proved to be (relatively) picky, not liking much lighter and very fast projectiles, despite their 1:12 twist. My b14s in 308 shoot a couple of the 6 or so loads i tried really, really well, a couple ones just a bit over MOA, a couple ones about 1.5. BA13 are 1:8 twist i think and we just tried 2 loads with them because we were more than satisfied with them. A dear friend of mine has 2 b14s (a hmr in 6.5 which is scary accurate-not in his hands though-with hornady factory ammo and a ridge in 308, which i never shot so i can't comment on). I have NEVER experienced a single malfunction or breakage after several years of hunting and avusing the rifles, not a single spec of rust or anything to complain. So for me they are good to go. All bolt action bergaras are also cerakoted from
the factory since 2022.
With a budget of 2k, especially given much lower prices of rifles in the american market, you can maybe get a semicustom (?). Otherwise i would buy a bergara and save some money on ammo. I don't know much about the premier line. I never shot a savage but, handling them, i didn't have a good feeling for what it's worth. The Springfield waypoint could be a good option, i just don't like its look so much with that green coating. Tikka could also be an option but i personally won't own one, i don't like their barrel lenght (too long or too short), their weight (too light or too heavy) and their barrel contour (again, too light or too heavy), I don't like their cheap stocks and their look. If you are ok with a very thin barrel and a higher than expected recoil and if you are gonna replace the stock, they sound like amazing options for what people say on forums.
the factory since 2022.
With a budget of 2k, especially given much lower prices of rifles in the american market, you can maybe get a semicustom (?). Otherwise i would buy a bergara and save some money on ammo. I don't know much about the premier line. I never shot a savage but, handling them, i didn't have a good feeling for what it's worth. The Springfield waypoint could be a good option, i just don't like its look so much with that green coating. Tikka could also be an option but i personally won't own one, i don't like their barrel lenght (too long or too short), their weight (too light or too heavy) and their barrel contour (again, too light or too heavy), I don't like their cheap stocks and their look. If you are ok with a very thin barrel and a higher than expected recoil and if you are gonna replace the stock, they sound like amazing options for what people say on forums.
