Bergara is a Spanish company. Bergara USA is in Lawrenceville, Ga. I was told that is where the US market rifles were being produced. I have not seen the location so I have no firsthand knowledge. I’m just saying personally, from what I have seen, dollar for dollar Bergara is the best deal going right now. However, I wouldn’t trade my Kimber for anything not even a $5k custom. Yet, on the internet people hate all over Kimber rifles. Maybe I just have an exceptional one, I don’t know. Bottom line for me, Ruger is ok out of the box and not many options to easily tune it. My 700 needed lots of help, ie: trigger, ditching that crap rubber stocks, lapping lugs, etc. That adds up quick. Tikka, Bergara, heck even Howa are ones I would be looking at. I had a Savage 10p that was ok but nothing spectacular as well. To me, the 700 and the Savage were pretty equal out of the box, neither are amazing. Like I said you will probably be very happy with whatever you get but Bergara is making a 700 based rifle that makes Remington look very cheap for really close to the same price. If the B14 HMR had been around I would not have even messed with my 700 and would have saved a grand in the process.