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Bergara makes a $1100 stainless & cerakote model of its B-14 rifle (a Remington 700 clone) that's currently sold only in Europe, New Zealand and Greenland. The B-14 Extreme Hunter is a 2.9 kg (6.4 lb) rifle with a threaded and fluted 18" barrel, and is chambered for both 6.5 Creedmoor & .308 Win. I'd buy this rifle in a New York minute if it was just available in the US. Here's two links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpjl0VhU7x0 (enable English captions)

https://www.bergara.online/en/rifles/extreme-series/extreme-hunter/

If you're like me and would like to see this rifle sold in the US, please add your comment below. If there's enough interest, I'll forward the thread to Bergara's executives to see if us 24CF folks can change their minds. Thanks!

I’d be in on a stainless B-14 short action!! I’d prefer a 20-22” sporter weight barrel in 7-08 though.

A light, short, threaded 308 is hard to beat for many things these days.

Pretty nice little package.

I like it and would have been cheaper than my current. 308 build running an 18" barrel.

Keep the comments coming, guys. Let the Bergara brass know if you'd seriously consider buying the Extreme Hunter if it was just sold in the US!

I’d buy a 308

Like, like it a lot. All but the dang cerakote.

Coincidence it very nearly meets Scout rifle specs in OAL & weight?

I'd be very interested in a 6mm creed version

I would be interested if they would ditch the expense adding but mostly non-functional cerakote paint job.

I'd also be interest in a non coated stainless carbine for my suppressor!

I'd probably buy one of each. I like the shorter barrel and I'm glad to see a B14 in stainless. I'd like a Creedmoor and a 308. If they did a fast twist 7-08 like an 8 twist or 8.5 I'd like one of those too.

Sign me up for a 308 or Creedmoor. Put the batlight out for Derrick at Whittakers. He can sometimes make things happen. He's Short action smoker on the fire.

Bb

I’ll add that I agree with most of the posts here saying ditch the cerakote.
I’m not sure why manufacturers are on that kick the past few years. Cerakote seems most useful as a means to give a rifle a custom appearance, ESPECIALLY ON STAINLESS. Ain’t nothing custom about a production rifle painted the same as all the rest of them in a color picked with the hope that the masses will like it.

I'd also recommend they change the threading to 5/8 24 at the muzzle. Do that and drop the cerekote if they want. I don't mind a stainless barrel that's cerekoted buy I hate it when companies do regular steel and then cerekote it and claim it's weather proof. I'm mostly concerned about the bore and chamber being weather proof and cerekote doesn't help there.

If I built rifles all barreled actions would be stainless. If you want to cut items on the production floor get rid of chromoly steel and go all stainless. Then you can nitride some of the stainless. I know stainless costs a but more but it'd be worth it to streamline.

I was disappointed a few years ago when some idiot at howa decided to drop stainless and just offer a cerekote model. They should have dropped blue steel and offered a cerekoted stainless model.

Bb

I wonder why Bergara assumes Americans only want the heavy any/or long barreled version of their 700 clones? Seems like this offering would be a good seller in the US and there isn't much else offered at this market tier similarly light, short and threaded. You'd think the 18" Barrett would have showed there is a market for light, short and threaded, but a few years later there's not much available.

Amen

I'd buy one today in .223/5.56

This looks nice! I hate long-barreled rifles in tight setups (i.e. blinds or tight stands).

Not stainless but comes out of the same factory and IS available in the US. https://cva.com/product/cascade-short-barrel-cerakote-graphite-black-veil-tac-black/

I have one in 308 Win for suppressor use but haven't got around to shooting it yet. I also had 350 Legend CVA cut down to 17 inches and it shoots and handles great with a YHM R9.

Yep id buy one chambered in .308 Win but I would prefer a 20" barrel and its got to be stainless not a chromoly cerakote joke like Howa......Hb