Sorry for taking long to respond. So for a while I looked into buying a rifle in 6.5 for long precision. One of the rifles that interested me was the Bergara Ridgeback due to Bergara's reputation. For a while I looked at videos and forums about their rifles. About 2 weeks ago I finally decided to buy it. The main reason I bought this rifle was the fact that they guarantee sub-MOA accuracy and they would shoot every single premier series rifle and give the customer the actual card they shot showing the grouping. To me that showed their commitment to quality and it was of great value. It was pretty cool seeing the youtube videos of people unboxing their rifle and them having that shot card.
Long story short I received the rifle and it did not have the shot card and worst the rifle had a different recoil pad. The recoil pad looks terrible and its made of cheap rubber that you can see the cutting of the rubber to shape it. Definitely not the one that they advertise on their website. I called customer service and they answered with:
"The recoil pad is a running change made my Grayboe who is the manufacture of that stock. All the stocks we will be receiving from now on will have the same recoil pad that you have. For 2019 we have stopped shooting every rifle and testing 20% of the rifles and that is why you do not have a test target with your rifle. This is due to the ever increasing demand for our rifles and that we have proven that our rifles shoot. Shooting the rifles was the biggest time consuming process in our production and we are able to produce more rifles by shooting them in a snail for function and not shooting them at the range. If you have accuracy issues with your rifle we can bring it into our warranty shop and have it tested."
I called them to see if they would do me the favor of sending me a recoil pad like the one on their catalog and they answered with "we reserve the right to make a running change in our rifles and we are workin on changing the picture on our website but we are really busy". That was just not cool with me and it showed the kind of company they are.
As far as the rifle, the action is super smooth and the trigger is nice and crisp. I haven't shot it yet so I will post the results later.
I just hate how a company that offered value is turning into a bean counting company.
Here are the pictures on their website compared to what I got.
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