Lugs on new Bergara 300wm. 100% on one lug, 0% on other.

[EotS]

Thoughts?

I cycled the action with a spend shell in the chamber a number of times to see the contact. One side is contacting completely, the other lug,,, not so much.
Also, the contacting lug started to feel gritty, like it was galling.

Lap time?
Call Bergara?
Let it ride?

First pic is the side that's not contacting, the other 2 are the contact lug.

 

[Mordamer]

Keep the lugs greased. How does it shoot?

 

[Rocketmandb]

That's some serious galling. How much use?

Regardless, definitely call Bergara.

 

[EotS]

Keep the lugs greased. How does it shoot?

Who knows?

I cycled the action just for kicks, and immediately noticed

 

[Rocketmandb]

Who knows?

I cycled the action just for kicks, and immediately noticed

You can see the steel bits on the bolt. If this is only after cycling it a few time, you need to call Bergara.

 

[EotS]

That's some serious galling. How much use?

Regardless, definitely call Bergara.

No use at all.

 

[gunsnjeeps]

Call first, maybe send pictures. Not sure about Bergera, but with most companies, if you lap it, it's yours to worry about.

 

[EotS]

Call first, maybe send pictures. Not sure about Bergera, but with most companies, if you lap it, it's yours to worry about.

Exactly my first thought.

 

[918v]

Wow what a pos!

 

[EotS]

It's almost like something missed the heat treating process.

 

[EotS]

I emailed Bergara. Going to take it by my LGS that I purchased it from to see if they want to work anything out as well.

 

[EotS]

Update:
Took the HMR back to my dealer, and he immediately refunded my $, took the gun out of my name. I can only guess it was bad heat treating. I'm not abandoning Bergara, and picking up another as a replacement.

I also Emailed Bergara, got a super quick response. They asked me to send the rifle in

 

[EotS]

Ok, I'm having a gnawing feeling, and have lost confidence in wanting a Bergara. Problem is, no one else checks the boxes the HMR in 300wm did.

 

[MikeRTacOps]

If you still had it I was going to offer to help you Sir...

Mike R.

 

[2aBaC̶a̶]

Did you fill the action with sand before cycling it?

 

[ffjoey]

I have multiple Bergaras and am very happy. Sorry to see you got a lemon.

 

[EotS]

The more I think about it, the less I'm blaming Bergara.
I've never read about this before. I'm convinced that a hardened shaving made it's way into the chamber, and got be tween the lug, and face. When the bolt was worked back and forth, it started the galling, and once started, it just kept shredding itself.


Bright side is that Bergara didn't balk for a moment, and immediately opened a repair ticket, and sent me a shipping label.
LGS was equally easy to work with. Owner took one look and said "yeah, it's toast" IMMEDIATELY issued me a refund, did paperwork to take my name off the gun, and gave me a list of other local Bergara dealers since he didn't have another in stock.

 

[brianf]

If you still had it I was going to offer to help you Sir...

Mike R.

go get it back from the store ASAP and send it!!!!

 

[ffjoey]

go get it back from the store ASAP and send it!!!!

Agreed, you probably would have ended up with twice the rifle. Either way, it’s good that Bergara was quick to do the right thing, as well as your FFL. Bergara has always stepped up in my experience, all of mine have been great but my brother and brother in law both had small issues that Bergara handled efficiently.

 

[cjs88]

go get it back from the store ASAP and send it!!!!

I second this. This is your Christmas miracle.

 

[supercorndogs]

The more I think about it, the less I'm blaming Bergara.
I've never read about this before. I'm convinced that a hardened shaving made it's way into the chamber, and got be tween the lug, and face. When the bolt was worked back and forth, it started the galling, and once started, it just kept shredding itself.


Bright side is that Bergara didn't balk for a moment, and immediately opened a repair ticket, and sent me a shipping label.
LGS was equally easy to work with. Owner took one look and said "yeah, it's toast" IMMEDIATELY issued me a refund, did paperwork to take my name off the gun, and gave me a list of other local Bergara dealers since he didn't have another in stock.

This is what I was going to post and tell you. A tight chambering spent case and some dry bolt lugs can do exactly what you are looking at. i have done it before. It was what completely pushed me away from neck sizing as a regular practice.