4/23/2021 0 Comments Competition 22Lr Benchrest Barrel
We were looking to try out a heads-up shooting posture with the B-14R.Thats when guys began scouring shops and shows looking for rare 22LR Remington 40x repeaters, or less rare single-shot 40x actions that could be converted into repeaters.
![]() At risk of sidetracking this article, we have to acknowledge the godfather of the 40x repeater conversion is Mike Bush. Hes the guy who figured out the most effective way to feed the tiny 22LR round in the larger 40xR700-sized action was adapting a modified AICS-dimensioned magazine. That was back around 2011, and his magazine ultimately became the basis of todays Vudoo Gun Works V-22 rimfire repeater system. The R700 footprint V-22 is widely viewed as the Lexus of 22LR precision trainers, with barreled actions costing 1,770. ![]() That brings us to the 22LR Bergara B-14 R, which is based on Bergaras B-14 centerfire action which is based on the Remington 700. The Bergara brand is relatively new, beginning its successful OEM barrel-making business in the late 2000s, it graduated to the custom bolt-action rifle market in 2012 with its line of Remington 700-based clones, then jumped into the production rifle market in 2015 with complete rifles built on its own, improved 700 clone action. The B-14 Rs trigger is the same unit Bergara uses in its B-14 centerfire rifles, making the 22LR a perfect subcaliber trainer for its larger-caliber siblings. The B-14 R is based on that centerfire action, and Bergaras Director of Technical Development Dan Hanus tells us the rifle comes from customer request for a 22LR trainer to use with their B-14-based centerfire rifles. Hanus was the original gunsmith in Bergaras custom rifle shop. He took the job after leaving his post as the chief instructor and production chief of the USMCs Precision Weapons Section. Part of the Marine Corps Weapons Training Battalion, PWS is where the Marine Corps develops and maintains its warfighting and competition precision weapon systems. ACTION BASICS Bergara describes the B-14 Rs action as a 90-degree bolt throw, short stroke, push-feed, rimfire action. Most notably, its built on a Remington 700 footprint and works with the massive array of aftermarket R700 stocks, chassis, and triggers. This means guys can run it as a training twin for their stock B-14 centerfire rifles, use it as a base to build a 22LR trainer for their R700 or custom-clone, competition rifles, or trick it out and use it as a practical precision rimfire competition rifle in NRL22 matches and the like. Our top, our rifle came with a Bergara factory 20 MOA Picatinny scope base, though the rifles sold at retail will not. The hole pattern is the same as the centerfire B-14 scope base, so you can hit Bergara or the aftermarket for other scope base options. We slapped our scope on with a set of rings after realizing our scope mounts wouldnt work. Bergaras scope base has two pic-patterned areas with a center section between them that features the Bergara logo. All our scope mounts have a recoil lug in the middle that prevented them from seating because of bases raised center section. Traditionalists might wonder why wed want to put a tall scope mount on the rifle instead of getting it as low as we can with a set of rings. The short story is that scopes positions are getting taller in practical precision competition as new trends in barricade techniques result in more upright and centerline shooting postures.
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