New offerings for 2018 including an update on the Bergara HMR:
http://www.shotbusiness.com/rifle-2018-new-rifles/
http://www.shotbusiness.com/rifle-2018-new-rifles/
New Rifles 2018
- Thread starter mikethetiger55
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not just you. I predict, in 2019, someone will come up with a chassis that incorporates a bottle opener, a TP dispenser and a jizrag receptical. Then, guys would never need to leave the range....
I think rifles are a lot like women, you either get practicality and performance OR you get beauty... if you want all three it's going to cost you!
Thats the truth. Despite advances in technology and manufacturing, production rifles seem to get crappier and crappier every year.
The HMR in .223 has my interest but I'm not digging the 1-8 twist. Was hoping for 1-7 for the 80s and 90s.
The 1:8 is an utter fail on that rifle IMO.
If Bergara decided to make a "regular" HMR with a 20", 1:7, 1/2-28 threaded barrel chambered in 223 Match they'd sell a shit ton of them. Instead, they make their 223 a more expensive upmarket rifle with a fast-but-not-fast-enough 8 twist. You could run 80.5/82 Bergers or 80gr SMKs, but stability for the 75 and especially 80gr ELD-M is lacking down near sea level and below standard atmospherics.
Is the 75 ELD-M significantly longer than the old 75 Amax? If it isn't from first hand experience (and lots of it) it will run just fine at near sea level on a cold day out of a 1-8 barrel, charts and ballistic aps notwithstanding.
The drop At heel I s so severe on that weatherby, a shooter will never get a proper check weld. It’s like the designer forgot that most modern rifles use optics, but then failed to add iron sights. A fail of all three...
Weatherby stock looks like they are trying to copy some european designs but too much drop to actually fit a human.
And yet it's the most ergonomically correct stock design I've ever come across.
Other stocks that I've used enough to compare it to:
AR15A2
AR15 carbine (M4 USGI stock)
Weatherby style
CZ hog's back
Manners MCS-T/McM HTG
McM USMC M40A3/M40A5
Anschutz prone (both in rimfire and centerfire rifles)
Deep belly NRA match rifle
I'm pretty sure that stock is designed to fit women. The butt's pitch combined with the large DAH is a dead giveaway.
That word gets thrown around on here a bunch. A purse would also be ergonomically correct for a guy, but...
Another phrase that gets thrown around a lot (and is still true): form follows function.
I don't give a crap about appearances. Only about function.
I think the 1-8 twist barrel will be fine in the HMR. I will definitely be watching it though to see reports.
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