The Ultimate Precision Rifle for Demanding Environments: Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness (Model B14LM361, .300 Win Mag)

For serious hunters and long-range shooting enthusiasts who demand uncompromising accuracy and rugged durability, the Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness rifle stands as a pinnacle of performance. Engineered to thrive in the harshest conditions while consistently delivering sub-MOA precision, this rifle is more than just a tool; it's a trusted companion for your most ambitious adventures. Whether you're stalking elusive game in remote wilderness areas or pushing the limits of long-range accuracy on the firing line, the B-14 HMR Wilderness in .300 Win Mag is designed to exceed expectations.

What makes the Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness the ideal choice for challenging expeditions and precision shooting? It’s a rifle meticulously crafted to withstand the unforgiving elements while ensuring repeatable accuracy shot after shot. This isn't just another hunting rifle; it's a purpose-built system for those who refuse to compromise on performance when faced with extreme weather, rugged terrain, or demanding shot placements. Available from trusted firearms retailers like DEGuns, the B-14 HMR Wilderness represents an investment in reliability and precision.

Designed for the Wild: Unrivaled Durability and Blend

The Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness Series is born from the necessity for a rifle that can not only endure but seamlessly integrate into the most rugged and unforgiving natural landscapes. This philosophy is evident in every design choice, starting with its distinctive aesthetics and robust construction.

• Hand-Painted Camouflage Stock: The stock features a unique hand-painted camouflage pattern, ensuring the rifle naturally blends into diverse environments. This isn't just for looks; it's a functional element for hunters seeking to remain undetected in the field.
• Enhanced Grip and Texture: Beyond its visual appeal, the stock is fortified with added webbing. This crucial detail provides an increased texture, significantly enhancing grip even when hands are wet, cold, or gloved. This translates to superior control and confidence in adverse conditions.
• Sniper Grey Cerakote Finish: Every barreled action in the Wilderness Series, including the B-14 HMR, boasts a Sniper Grey Cerakote finish. Cerakote is renowned for its exceptional protection against corrosion, abrasion, and harsh chemicals, making the rifle remarkably resilient to extreme weather conditions, from torrential rain to freezing temperatures and arid dust. This advanced coating ensures longevity and sustained performance, protecting your investment for years of demanding use.

Precision Engineering for Superior Accuracy: Key Components

At the heart of the Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness rifle's legendary accuracy are its meticulously engineered components, each designed to work in harmony to deliver consistent, repeatable precision.

The Renowned Bergara Barrel: The Soul of Accuracy

The barrel is the cornerstone of any precision rifle, and Bergara's commitment to excellence shines brightest here. The Wilderness HMR features a world-renowned Bergara barrel, celebrated globally for its exceptional accuracy and consistency.

• Superior Manufacturing: Bergara barrels are crafted using a sophisticated honing process that ensures a pristine internal bore surface, critical for minimizing bullet deformation and maximizing velocity consistency. This attention to detail results in barrels that deliver sub-MOA (Minute of Angle) accuracy out of the box, meaning you can expect shots to group within a 1-inch circle at 100 yards, a benchmark for serious precision shooters.
• Optimal Threading for Accessories: The barrel is threaded 5/8-24”, a standard dimension that allows for easy attachment of suppressors, other muzzle devices, or the included Omni Muzzle Brake. This versatility ensures the rifle can be adapted to various shooting needs and preferences.
• Sniper Grey Cerakote Protection: Just like the action, the barrel is coated with Sniper Grey Cerakote, providing an extra layer of protection against the elements, preventing rust and wear even in the most corrosive environments.
• 1:10" Twist Rate: For the .300 Win Mag caliber, the 1:10" twist rate is meticulously chosen to stabilize a wide range of popular bullet weights commonly used for large game hunting and long-range target shooting. This optimized twist ensures maximum bullet stability and, consequently, superior accuracy.

Integrated Mini-Chassis and Adjustable Stock System

The stock of the B-14 Wilderness HMR is not merely a housing for the barreled action; it's an integral part of its accuracy system, featuring an innovative integrated mini-chassis.

• Repeatable Bedding: The integrated mini-chassis is molded directly into the stock. This design provides a rigid, stable platform for the barreled action, ensuring repeatable bedding. This means that after disassembly for cleaning or maintenance, the action returns to the exact same position relative to the stock, preserving consistent accuracy and point of impact. This is a critical feature for competitive shooters and meticulous hunters.
• Adjustable Length-of-Pull (LOP): The stock features adjustable length-of-pull spacers, allowing shooters to customize the fit of the rifle to their individual body dimensions, clothing layers, and shooting positions. A properly fitted rifle significantly enhances comfort, reduces felt recoil, and improves shooting consistency.
• Adjustable Cheek Piece: An adjustable cheek piece is another key ergonomic feature, enabling shooters to achieve a perfect cheek weld regardless of their scope mounting height. This ensures consistent eye relief and sight picture, which is vital for quick target acquisition and precise shot placement at varying distances.
• QD Flush Cups: The inclusion of QD (Quick Detach) flush cups provides convenient and secure attachment points for slings, allowing for easy carry and quick deployment in the field.

Smooth and Reliable: The Bergara B-14 Action

The foundation of the rifle's mechanical excellence is the super-smooth Bergara B-14 Action, a testament to robust engineering and dependable performance.

• Two-Lug System: This action utilizes a robust two-lug system, providing secure lock-up and strength.
• Sliding Plate Extractor: The sliding plate extractor ensures reliable and positive extraction of spent casings, preventing common malfunctions that can occur in critical moments.
• Coned Bolt Nose and Breech: The coned bolt nose and breech design further enhance feeding and extraction, ensuring cartridges move smoothly from the magazine into the chamber and spent cases are ejected effortlessly. This buttery-smooth operation is a hallmark of Bergara rifles, allowing for rapid and confident follow-up shots.
• Remington 700 Footprint: The action is factory drilled and tapped to fit Remington 700 style rings and bases. This widely adopted standard offers shooters a vast array of aftermarket mounting options for optics, providing unparalleled versatility for customization.
• Sniper Grey Cerakote Protection: The action is also finished with Sniper Grey Cerakote for the same advanced protection against harsh weather and environmental factors.

The Bergara Performance Trigger: Crisp and Predictable

A great trigger is essential for maximizing accuracy, and the Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness delivers with its proprietary Bergara Performance Trigger.

• Crisp Break: This single-stage trigger is factory-set to provide a crisp, clean break with minimal overtravel, allowing shooters to precisely control their shot release without disturbing the rifle's aim.
• Consistent Pull: Its consistency and light pull weight (typically adjustable by a qualified gunsmith within a safe range) contribute significantly to tighter groups and reduced shooter fatigue, especially during extended range sessions or demanding hunts.
• Predictability: A predictable trigger pull instills confidence, enabling shooters to focus on fundamental marksmanship without anticipating the shot.

Omni Muzzle Brake: Taming the Magnum Recoil

.300 Win Mag is a powerful cartridge, known for its flat trajectory and significant energy, but also for its substantial recoil. The Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness addresses this with its seamless, omnidirectional, and multi-ported muzzle brake.

• Significant Recoil Reduction: This advanced muzzle brake is highly effective, engineered to reduce felt recoil by an impressive 35 percent. This substantial reduction makes shooting the .300 Win Mag much more comfortable, allowing for extended practice sessions and improved shooter endurance in the field.
• Faster Follow-Up Shots: By mitigating recoil, the muzzle brake helps keep the rifle on target, enabling faster sight re-acquisition and more rapid, accurate follow-up shots – a critical advantage in hunting scenarios.
• Reduced Muzzle Rise: It also effectively reduces muzzle rise, contributing to a more stable shooting platform.

AICS Style Detachable Magazine: Reliable Feeding and Capacity

The rifle comes standard with a 5-round AICS (Accuracy International Chassis System) style detachable magazine (Note: 3-round capacity for 6.5 PRC models, and 7 PRC models will come with a CIP Accurate-Mag Magazine).

• Industry Standard: The AICS pattern magazine is an industry standard for precision bolt-action rifles, renowned for its reliability and wide availability.
• Convenient Capacity: The 5+1 capacity (5 in the magazine plus one in the chamber) is ideal for hunting and target shooting, providing ample rounds for most scenarios.
• Easy Loading and Unloading: Detachable magazines offer quick and convenient loading and unloading, a significant advantage in the field.

Who is the Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness For? Answering Your Needs

The Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness in .300 Win Mag is meticulously crafted for discerning individuals with specific requirements for their firearm.

• Serious Hunters: If you're pursuing large game like elk, moose, or bear in rugged, expansive territories, you need a rifle that can deliver lethal precision at extended ranges and withstand the elements. The HMR Wilderness is built for exactly these scenarios, offering the power of the .300 Win Mag with the accuracy and durability to succeed.
• Long-Range Precision Shooters: For those who push the boundaries of accuracy at 500, 800, or even 1000+ yards, the integrated mini-chassis, Bergara barrel, and crisp trigger combine to create an inherently accurate platform. The rifle's stability and adjustability allow shooters to dial in precise shots.
• Backcountry Enthusiasts: When you spend days or weeks in remote wilderness, every piece of gear must be reliable. The Cerakote finish, durable stock, and robust action ensure this rifle will perform flawlessly regardless of rain, snow, or rough handling.
• Tactical Competitors (where applicable): While primarily designed for hunting and long-range shooting, its AICS magazine compatibility, Rem 700 footprint, and repeatable accuracy make it a viable option for certain tactical or precision rifle series (PRS) style competitions that don't require lighter chassis systems.
• Anyone Asking "What's the best rifle for hunting in extreme weather?": The answer often points to rifles with advanced coatings, robust stocks, and inherent accuracy—all hallmarks of the B-14 HMR Wilderness.
• Those Seeking "How to achieve consistent long-range accuracy?": The rifle provides the fundamental tools: a match-grade barrel, a stable bedding system, and an excellent trigger, allowing the shooter to focus on technique.

Unique Value Proposition and User Outcomes

The Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness isn't just a collection of features; it's a commitment to delivering specific, tangible benefits to the user.

• Confidence in Any Condition: The robust Cerakote finish and durable synthetic stock with added webbing mean you can trust your rifle to perform whether you're in a driving rainstorm, a dust storm, or freezing temperatures.
• Ethical Long-Range Hunting: The inherent accuracy of the Bergara barrel and the stability of the HMR stock allow for precise shot placement at extended ranges, contributing to ethical and humane harvests.
• Enhanced Shooting Comfort: The 35% recoil reduction from the Omni Muzzle Brake transforms the powerful .300 Win Mag into a much more pleasant cartridge to shoot, reducing fatigue and allowing for more enjoyable practice sessions.
• Unparalleled Customization: With the Remington 700 footprint, adjustable LOP, and cheek piece, the rifle can be perfectly tailored to the individual shooter and equipped with a vast array of optics and accessories.
• Out-of-the-Box Performance: Unlike many rifles that require extensive aftermarket modifications to achieve precision, the B-14 HMR Wilderness arrives ready to deliver sub-MOA groups, saving you time and money.
• Proven Reliability: The smooth B-14 action, known for its consistent feeding and extraction, ensures that your rifle will cycle reliably when it matters most, whether on a hunt or in a competition.

Maintaining Your Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness

To ensure your Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness continues to perform at its peak, proper care and maintenance are essential. The Cerakote finish provides excellent protection, but regular cleaning of the bore, action, and magazine well is recommended. Use appropriate gun cleaning solvents and oils, and pay particular attention to the bolt to maintain its smooth operation. Given its rugged design, field stripping for basic cleaning is straightforward, ensuring you can keep your rifle in top condition even when deep in the wilderness. The adjustable features of the stock are designed for user-friendliness, allowing for quick adjustments without specialized tools.

The Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness rifle, with its model designation B14LM361, truly embodies the spirit of its namesake: a rifle built to conquer the wild, blending into its surroundings while standing out in terms of performance. Its exceptional features—from the world-renowned Bergara barrel and integrated mini-chassis to the smooth B-14 action and significant recoil reduction—make it an outstanding choice for any serious shooter or hunter. Find this premier firearm and other Bergara offerings at trusted retailers like DEGuns.

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Bergara B-14 HMR Wilderness Rifle (Model B14LM361) Specifications

Feature	Detail
Brand	Bergara Rifles
Series	Wilderness HMR
Model	B-14
Caliber	300 Win Mag
Barrel Length	26"
Overall Length	47.50"
Weight	9.90 lbs
Action	Bolt
Capacity	5+1 (5-round AICS Detachable Magazine)
Hand	Right Hand
Stock Material	Synthetic
Stock Finish	Woodland Camo
Barrel Finish	Sniper Gray Cerakote
Barrel Material	Steel
Muzzle Device	Omni Muzzle Brake
Thread Pattern	5/8"-24
Twist Rate	1:10"
Receiver Finish	Sniper Gray Cerakote
Receiver Material	Steel
Trigger	Bergara Performance Trigger
Safety	Two-Position
Sights	Drilled & Tapped (Remington 700-Style)
Stock Features	Molded w/Mini-Chassis, Adjustable LOP & Cheek Piece
Gun Platform	Rem 700-Style
Application	Field, Long-Range Precision
SKU / MPN	B14LM361
UPC	043125015139