Sounds good, but where's the "fun" in a rifle that shoots your first load try really well?
Of course, some of that is knowing how to put together a load that has a high probability of
working...like I4064 and 150 Sierra...Fed brass. But the rifle has to be right, too, and the
assembly of that ammo has to be right, too. Screw the bullets into the cases crooked and
it won't be as happy.
Seems that more and more rifle makers are starting to break the code and make guns that
can shoot, out of the box. How cool is THAT!?
My .308 target/match load is 44.5 gr 4064, 174 SMK, Fed brass, F210 or WLR primer - match Fed if I can
find them. Typically shoots to one or two inches at 300 yds if the loose nut behind the trigger
can get it together. Rem 700 HB, Leu 3.5-10. I pillar bedded it, and that is about it.
My young USMC friend shot an amazing group with it before he headed off to boot camp.
He had it going that day. Prone, bipod, he put three into 0.68 at 300 yds. Best the gun
has ever done, didn't hurt that he had 19 yr old eyes at the time, and had been shooting
rifles since he was 5.
Hope the Bergara is like that. None of the rest of my rifles are.
Bill