Bergara produces some excellent production class centerfire competition rifles. They have now decided to jump into the rimfire game. The Bergara BXR is based on the Ruger 10/22 pattern appears to tick all the boxes when it comes to a National Rifle League 22 Base Class rifle. With a $565 MSRP, this leaves room for an acceptable optic budget and still come in under the NRL22 $1050 base class price limit. Hopefully we will be able to get one of these rifles out to the range for a full review!
From Bergara:
Bergara Rifles is proud to introduce a feature rich semi-automatic .22 LR, the Bergara BXR. This new rifle has custom quality, Bergara performance without the custom price tag. Continue reading Bergara BXR Base Class .22LR
Once we checked the accuracy of our stock rifle, it was time to make some changes. First, we decided to replace the factory wood stock with something more appropriate to our goal. The factory wood is fine for a boys plinking rifle, but it is really too small for an adult. The stock was designed for use with iron sights and the comb is too low for a proper cheek weld with a rifle scope. Even with our scope mounted as low as possible, we end up with more of a “chin weld.” 