They blamed over-pressure hand-loads and washed their hands of it.
Bergara completely lost my respect when a brand new, right out of the box, didn't do a single thing other than open it, B-14 barrel had rust pits all the way down it. Their comment on the previous rust-pitted *** rifle was that it looked like I hadn't taken care of it correctly, but hey "it has a 1MOA accuracy guarantee" if you want to let us check it. 1 MOA hell, the *** Rossi 223 that's been behind my water heater for a decade can pull 1 MOA.
I paid cash money to prove that Bergara rifles are garbage that comes rusted out of the box. They can't make me not say it, because TRUTH is an absolute defense to libel. If they coughed up two rebarrels and a brand new B-14 that wasn't a rusted *** I might modify my statement to say they at least stand behind their *** barrels, and put up to show they can make at least one that doesn't come with the pre-rusted upgrade, but until that day nope. Sleezy Europeans and their dupes in Hotlanta.