Bergara 22lr mag not seating

[Friday]

I just put together a 22lr trainer, rifle turned out titties but the mag doesn’t quite latch in my bottom metal, I’m running a Bergara carbon fiber barreled action sitting in a McMillan A5 with an APA bottom metal I have several Remington actions in McMillan stocks all with apa bottom metal as I have found them to be the best quality bottom metal I have used by far. Never had an issue with mags not seating until this one. Has anyone else had issues with mags not seating with the Bergara 22 mags?

 

[Trigger Monkey]

Yeah, sort of had that happen with my Bergara B14R when it was in a Grayboe stock with their DBM. One mag wouldn't lock in and the other two would but it was tight. It happens, a "quick" fix you can do is shim the bottom metal with a couple to few layers of aluminum tape and test fit.

More permanent is to file a bit off the end of the magazine latch, taking a little at a time and test fitting it.

 

[Friday]

I feel like taking a little off the top of the mag would make if cycle better,

 

[Trigger Monkey]

Yeah, but take too much off and now your mag is fucked up and it still won't work right, there'd be no going back from that. You can get a new latch if you mess that up and start over again.
Likewise, the shims can be peeled off down the road like they were never there.

 

[Friday]

Shimming the bottom metal isn’t going to make it feed, the mag is all the way up against the receiver and it doesnt want to feed correctly.

 

[Trigger Monkey]

You said the magazine wasn't seating, if you shim the bottom metal you're in effect lowering the magazine latch to give the magazine room to go up inside the well and let the latch will catch the back of the magazine.

 

[snipes81]

This is a case where the search button is your friend. There are several very long threads on this exact scenario. I also own a CF B14r.

 

[Friday]

I cannot find anything on here post link

 

[snipes81]

Bergara B14R Issues & Solutions

There are several B14R threads scattered about & I've posted bits here and there. Thought it would be worthwhile to post a thread geared specifically towards B14R issues & solutions that have worked very well for me. Issues: 1. Poor or inconsistent feeding especially with aftermarket stocks...

www.snipershide.com

Hopefully this jump starts your troubleshooting.