Bergara Covid Build

[Southern Custom]

So I finally pulled the trigger (credit card) on a new Bergara HMR Pro in 6mm Creed. The only problem is that Bergara uses the ugliest finish on earth in my opinion on their HMR stocks. Stock itself is serviceable but the finish looked like a bad corian countertop. Spent the day turning it into this. Various shades of Louisiana mud. Now to see if it’ll shoot. Headed to break it in using the scope and cheap bipod off my spare .22 until the permanent stuff arrives. Heres before and after.

 

[TrevK]

What rail is that bipod hanging off of? I just scooped up a regular Hmr and am trying to get a parts list put together in my head of how I want to outfit it.

 

[mi223]

Looks great!

But this thread is worthless without details Lol
What colors?
How was it applied?

 

[Southern Custom]

Looks great!

But this thread is worthless without details Lol
What colors?
How was it applied?

Headed to the range for break in now. I’ll post all the details when I return.

 

[Rocketmandb]

Headed to the range for break in now. I’ll post all the details when I return.

I used to have the exact same rifle. You should like it quite a bit.

 

[Underaverage]

I have an HMR Pro that I put in a KRG Bravo chassis. Absolutely love it. Shoots 1/2 MOA all day. Was a super solid option for my first precision rifle build too definitely interested to see how yours shoots.

 

[jaywhite97]

looks good

 

[Southern Custom]

Back from the break in. After the first 6 shoot one/clean one bullets, I put 2 fast groups of 3, cleaning between. They went 1” and .90. This was all done with Hornady Black. Shot a few more 3 shot groups all under 1”. Then I Switched to Hornady ELD Match and shot 6 groups between .79 and .207” Heres how that string looked. Shot at 100 yards. Chrono’d at 2850 average.
3shots-.77
4shots-.62
5shots-.79
Settled in and tried hard:
3 shots-.283
3shots-.207
4shots-.58
All shot with a $300 Athlon and crappy $30 bipod I yanked off my .22. And rear bag prone.
Someone asked about the build and parts used. Here’s the list.
Bergara HMR 6mm Creedmoor.
Bedded at the lug.
I then lightly sanded the stock with 3m abrasive pads and painted with Rustoleum Roof Accessory paint in burnt bronze and brown. Followed with 2 coats of Rustoleum clear Matte lacquer. Cured in the sun all day. I figured a paint made for roof flashing would be tough and I was right.
The pic rail is an Area 419 made for this stock. Also Area 419 20 MOA scope rail.
Currently waiting on an Arken EP4 4-16x50 I picked up here.
I’ll likely go with an Atlas bipod.
Just goes to show you don’t need to buy a custom gun to get a shooter these days. Yeah I know this gun isn’t cheap but the standard B-14 HMR is no slouch either. If this one can shoot 1/4 inch with factory ammo before it’s fully broken in and without even having worked up a hand load yet, I can’t wait to see how it does in the future once I work up some loads for it and get a few hundred down range.
Here are a few groups from the break in session. I’m really impressed with how close the cold bore shot is to the main group.

 

[Underaverage]

Given the results I would be pretty excited about how it turned out. Some great initial groups! Thanks for sharing!

 

[jaywhite97]

Nice groups there

 

[rybe390]

Looks fantastic, and sounds like a great shooter too!

I'm wanting to paint my HMR either a gap sponge or gap stencil. Happy to see yours turned out great.

 

[One1Bravo]

Back from the break in. After the first 6 shoot one/clean one bullets, I put 2 fast groups of 3, cleaning between. They went 1” and .90. This was all done with Hornady Black. Shot a few more 3 shot groups all under 1”. Then I Switched to Hornady ELD Match and shot 6 groups between .79 and .207” Heres how that string looked. Shot at 100 yards. Chrono’d at 2850 average.
3shots-.77
4shots-.62
5shots-.79
Settled in and tried hard:
3 shots-.283
3shots-.207
4shots-.58
All shot with a $300 Athlon and crappy $30 bipod I yanked off my .22. And rear bag prone.
Someone asked about the build and parts used. Here’s the list.
Bergara HMR 6mm Creedmoor.
Bedded at the lug.
I then lightly sanded the stock with 3m abrasive pads and painted with Rustoleum Roof Accessory paint in burnt bronze and brown. Followed with 2 coats of Rustoleum clear Matte lacquer. Cured in the sun all day. I figured a paint made for roof flashing would be tough and I was right.
The pic rail is an Area 419 made for this stock. Also Area 419 20 MOA scope rail.
Currently waiting on an Arken EP4 4-16x50 I picked up here.
I’ll likely go with an Atlas bipod.
Just goes to show you don’t need to buy a custom gun to get a shooter these days. Yeah I know this gun isn’t cheap but the standard B-14 HMR is no slouch either. If this one can shoot 1/4 inch with factory ammo before it’s fully broken in and without even having worked up a hand load yet, I can’t wait to see how it does in the future once I work up some loads for it and get a few hundred down range.
Here are a few groups from the break in session. I’m really impressed with how close the cold bore shot is to the main group.

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Awesome groups. I'm near BR too. Where do you shoot?

 

[JeffLebowski]

Nice groups there

 

[Southern Custom]

Awesome groups. I'm near BR too. Where do you shoot?

Just got accepted into Palo Alto but orientation has been put off for now. That leaves me with Sherburne and 100 yard groups.

 

[One1Bravo]

Just got accepted into Palo Alto but orientation has been put off for now. That leaves me with Sherburne and 100 yard groups.

Nice! I'm a member at Palo Alto, I'm sure I'll see you out there. Spent many years shooting at Sherburne when I lived further west.

 

[M1Army]

Nice work on the stock and nice shooter too!