I've tried hard to like Bergara. I've had 3. One of the 3 was a shooter, the other 2 disappointed. I even sent one back to Bergara to see if they could tweak it to shoot better. They returned it with a sub 1/2" group shooting 168 gr Federal Gold Match. I couldn't find any Federal Gold Match ammo at the time and wouldn't pay $60 a box for it if I could. Somewhere around 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" was the best I could do with it with any of my handloads. The Tikka was 3/4" or less with the same loads. I suppose that Bergara would shoot with one specific load if I ever found it. But the Tikka was the easy button.
Buy a Tikka.
