Bergara B-14 Wilderness HMR 6.5 Creedmoor 24 Inch Rifle

Description

The B-14 Wilderness HMR is built for hunters who spend serious time in rough country and need a precision-capable rifle that holds up to weather without requiring a premier-series budget. The HMR designation signals a heavier, longer-range-oriented configuration, and the platform earns that billing through a combination of stock engineering and barrel construction that most field rifles in this price range do not share.

The stock integrates a molded mini-chassis, which gives the barreled action a repeatable, rigid bedding surface rather than relying on pillar bedding or simple inletting into the polymer. That matters because consistent bedding is one of the primary variables controlling shot-to-shot accuracy — a stock that flexes or shifts under recoil degrades groups over a string of fire. Bergara backs this with a sub-MOA accuracy guarantee for the platform.

The barrel is 4140 chrome-moly steel cut to a No. 6 taper, which is heavier than a sporter profile. That mass absorbs heat more slowly during extended strings and reduces the harmonic variability that causes groups to open as a lighter barrel warms. The 1-in-8″ twist rate stabilizes the heavier long-for-caliber projectiles that 6.5 Creedmoor shooters typically reach for at distance — bullets in the 140-grain class and above seat well within this rate’s stability window.

The muzzle is threaded 5/8″-24 tpi, matching the standard pitch for 6.5mm suppressors and muzzle devices. Bergara fits an Omni Muzzle Brake from the factory, so the thread is ready to use as-shipped. The entire metal package — action and barrel — carries a Sniper Grey Cerakote finish, which resists corrosion and surface wear far better than bluing in wet or abrasive field conditions. The action includes a two-position safety, a sliding plate extractor, and a coned bolt nose designed to promote smooth feeding from the included 5-round AICS detachable magazine.

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