Bergara B-14 HMR

Zayne Ritz · Wednesday at 6:38 PM

Does anyone here have a lot of trigger time with the Bergara B-14 HMR? Debating on getting one, they seem to be a good value for money and a few companies do pre fits for them. I am particularly interested in the 300 PRC options and would love any feedback on that. Thanks.

Old Man with Gun · Thursday at 5:51 AM

I have a friend with a HMR 6.5CM and it is a solid choice. It has been accurate and the rifle feels solid. A top recommendation for the price point.

BandedDux · Thursday at 8:22 PM

I’ve got an HMR in 6.5 creedmoor. Nothing stellar but nothing to complain about either. 1/2 moa 3 shot groups and 1 moa 10 shot groups at 100 yards with handloads. Ended up putting it in a KRG bravo and no changes in accuracy vs the factory stock.
FWIW wish I would’ve went the Tikka CTR route.

Zayne Ritz · Thursday at 8:24 PM

BandedDux said:
I’ve got an HMR in 6.5 creedmoor. Nothing stellar but nothing to complain about either. 1/2 moa 3 shot groups and 1 moa 10 shot groups at 100 yards with handloads. Ended up putting it in a KRG bravo and no changes in accuracy vs the factory stock.

Thank you for sharing, they are about 950 at my local bass pro, I think I might get an EC tuner with it, if I could keep it .75 MOA I would be very happy.

BandedDux · Thursday at 8:28 PM

Zayne Ritz said:
Thank you for sharing, they are about 950 at my local bass pro, I think I might get an EC tuner with it, if I could keep it .75 MOA I would be very happy.

I would say 1 MOA if using factory loads. Depends on what you’re using the rifle for. I wish I would’ve went the Tikka CTR route. Given you mentioned 300 PRC I’d go with the Bergara as I don’t believe the CTRs come in a magnum and the T3 lite barrels leave a lot to be desired.

Kayakfish1 · Thursday at 9:54 PM

I have one in 6.5cm, I’ve only ever shot factory loads thru it (probably 1k rounds) and with eld match it consistently shoot .3-.4 5rd groups. I love mine and I’ve been considering picking up another in 300prc off a buddy of mine.

DeathBeforeDismount · Thursday at 10:11 PM

They have well documented issues. Both of the ones I had , had receivers bent like a banana. Had to bed the rails to get them to even shoot.

Tikka is a much better platform/quality for similar money.

If you can stretch your budget pick up a MPA factory gun. It will shoot circles around anything under $4K.

PMR Rifles - MasterPiece Arms, Inc.

There are discount codes out there to save 10-20% off those prices if you look.

The bergeras and the like are disposable entry level guns. The MPA and customs are guns that will last a long long time, even as you swap out parts over time. Much better investment long term.

Soblack62 · Friday at 12:36 AM

Zayne Ritz said:
Does anyone here have a lot of trigger time with the Bergara B-14 HMR? Debating on getting one, they seem to be a good value for money and a few companies do pre fits for them. I am particularly interested in the 300 PRC options and would love any feedback on that. Thanks.

I have about 250 rounds of Hornady 143 and 147 ELD-X through my 6.5 CM. I am very happy with it. I’m consistently 1/2 MOA with it at 100 and it’s got legs out to 900 so far. I haven’t pushed it to 1000 yet but will soon. It’s a nice rifle.

Old Man with Gun · Friday at 5:42 AM

BandedDux said:
I’ve got an HMR in 6.5 creedmoor. Nothing stellar but nothing to complain about either. 1/2 moa 3 shot groups and 1 moa 10 shot groups at 100 yards with handloads. Ended up putting it in a KRG bravo and no changes in accuracy vs the factory stock.
FWIW wish I would’ve went the Tikka CTR route.

I have a T3X CTR and it shoots the same as my friends B14 HMR. The Tikka has a better trigger with the spring replacement ($20), but the overly expensive magazines and limited aftermarket support is a point against it. The HMR stock is much nicer and I ended up moving the Tikka to a MPA chassis. I count them about equal.

Zayne Ritz · Friday at 4:23 PM

DeathBeforeDismount said:
They have well documented issues. Both of the ones I had , had receivers bent like a banana. Had to bed the rails to get them to even shoot.

Tikka is a much better platform/quality for similar money.

If you can stretch your budget pick up a MPA factory gun. It will shoot circles around anything under $4K.

PMR Rifles - MasterPiece Arms, Inc.

There are discount codes out there to save 10-20% off those prices if you look.

The bergeras and the like are disposable entry level guns. The MPA and customs are guns that will last a long long time, even as you swap out parts over time. Much better investment long term.

Could you point me in the direction to read where they were having these issues? I’m not opposed to just building a custom but since I could get the Bergara to play around with for now I figured that would be a good option.

LuckyLuke80 · 2025-06-15T19:36:10-0400

I have a b14 hmr in 308. Shoots 168’s super well. I put a muzzle brake on it and tamed the beast a little. I’ve shot it out to 1,000 once with good results. At 100 it’s shot 147 grain ball ammo at 1 moa as well. I was going to get a tikka ctr, but left hand version isn’t available for my local gun store. I compared the bergara to tikka and the bergara action felt about as smooth as the tikka. My opinion so far is that the bergara is pretty good for the money.

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