Bergara B14r Ongoing Range Report
Day 2 Bergara Testing
Today I shot close to 850 rounds. The Bergara as a whole worked perfect as expected. I’m getting used to the trigger and it warmed up close to 50. The wind wasn’t as bad as yesterday but my shooting was not up to par. I’ll post all the plates regardless instead of cherry picking. I will say I am going to shoot all the Eley over, hopefully tomorrow. I believe the Eley would have done better and that my shooting was not where it could have been. Looking back I know where I did make a few mistakes. Most of it was basic consistency issues. I cleaned the Sparrow but it couldn’t keep up with unsuppressed accuracy. Going forward either I will shoot all 50 shots suppressed or not. Only the Eley and two plates with Lapua was shot suppressed today.
I started with a clean barrel but didn’t clean before switching ammo. Plates listed from top to bottom are also the order in which they were shot.
First up for the day was Eley Target. No cold bore flyer. No fouling shots. First 5 shot group was 3/8″. So much for the mythical fouling shots. I guess it’s not mythical but I also don’t believe it is needed with every gun. No idea what happened with the second group “?” mark shot, can I blame it on the ammo? 
Also this was the first time using the Sparrow.
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- Aguila Rifle Match. Bought a case of this from Buds for $239 shipped. Maybe it will be ok in something else.
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- CCI SV. Last group of the day. Normally I start out with CCI but not this time. Typical accuracy for CCI SV.
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- Next up Eley Edge. I don’t remember what number the circled shots were, they could have been the 1st shot, the 5th shot or anywhere in between.
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- Eley Match. I really had high hopes for this one. I was pretty frustrated after shooting the first three groups. Didn’t turn out to bad but still hoped for better from this ammo.
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- First up for the day was Eley Target. No cold bore flyer. No fouling shots. First 5 shot group was 3/8″. So much for the mythical fouling shots. I guess it’s not mythical but I also don’t believe it is needed with every gun. No idea what happened with the second group “?” mark shot, can I blame it on the ammo? Also this was the first time using the Sparrow.
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- Next is Eley Team. No idea what happened on the 5 group other than not being consistent as I need to be. Could have been the wind IDK. I know the group was 11/16″.
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- Federal GM Match. Was just ok, I seem to have had some random flyers.
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- Next I decided to shoot some other ammo I had laying around. First was Fiocchi Official 300. Didn’t expect much and didn’t get much.
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- Geco Match 22 LR.
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- Lapua Center-X. Here are some fantastic groups and my first and only 10 for 10 of the day. But, looking back this is 19 out of 20 shots in a row that were 1/2″ or less. This is what should have happened the first two times I shot these two brands and one reason I stopped using the suppressor on half the groups. I hate to buy a case of Center-X or Pistol King but between those two all my rifles shoot one or both excellent.
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- I decided to try Lapua ammo again and up first was Pistol King. Now this is what I had hoped for. The 4th group had one bad shot that kept me from going 10 for 10. That would be 10 groups at 1/2″ or less.
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- Next is RWS R50 sc. Had high hopes for this ammo and it didn’t do to bad. The 4th group was actually closer to 9/16″ but I put 5/8″. I believe it will do better. I also adjust the scope on these.
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- Next was RWS Semi Auto. After shooting the Center-X I never made another scope adjustment. This is maybe the best this ammo has shot in a rifle of mine.
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- WS Super Pistol 250. I bought this somewhere for $5 a box. Maybe I need to shoot it in a pistol.
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Any updates on the ELF trigger in the B14r? I’m looking at getting that same trigger. Sent an email to ELF, and they said they definitely can mill one down for me. Or would it just be easier to mill out the trigger housing on the rifle?