BERGARA B-14R .22 LR Left-Handed Trainer Rifle

Description

The Bergara B-14R Carbon is built around a single purpose: giving precision rimfire shooters a platform that trains the same disciplines demanded by full-size centerfire bolt guns. It suits competitors running NRL22 or PRS rimfire matches as well as centerfire shooters who want meaningful trigger time at reduced cost per round. The left-handed configuration makes it one of the few purpose-built southpaw options in this class rather than a mirrored afterthought.

The action uses a floating bolt head design with a non-rotating gas shield, an arrangement that keeps the bolt face consistently indexed at the chamber regardless of minor headspace variation — relevant for rimfire cartridges where case head geometry is less uniform than centerfire brass. The stock is Bergara’s HMR pattern, which positions the shooter in the same cheek weld and grip geometry carried over from their centerfire HMR rifles, so trigger mechanics and positional habits transfer directly between platforms.

The barrel is a No. 6 profile carbon fiber construction, which reduces carry weight meaningfully compared to a steel blank of equivalent length and stiffness. At 18 inches, it keeps overall length manageable for field stages while still extracting useful velocity from the .22 LR cartridge. The 1:16-inch twist is optimized for standard and match-weight 40-grain .22 LR projectiles — heavier subsonic loads at the upper end of the rimfire weight range may not stabilize as predictably, so ammunition selection matters here. The muzzle is threaded, allowing the shooter to mount a suppressor to exploit the cartridge’s subsonic capability. Magazines follow AICS short-action dimensions, which means the manual of arms mirrors what a shooter would run on a centerfire precision rifle.

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