Edgar Brothers’ entry-level centrefire has been through its first full test in the group, and the trade can quote the result at the counter: the Bergara-built CVA Cascade in .223 Rem shot three-shot groups of 0.65in with RWS 55gr factory ammunition, held 2in to 2½in at 200 yards and took a Scottish cull roebuck, at a recommended retail price (RRP) of £795. Writing in Shooting Times, Bruce Potts judged that the Cascade “proves you don’t need to spend a lot of money to achieve a decent, reliable, accurate, weather-resistant stalking rifle”.

What is the CVA Cascade, and where is it made?

The point the counter will want to make first is provenance. CVA is an American brand, but the centrefire Cascade “is designed and made in Spain by Bergara, which is not a bad thing”, Potts wrote, and the barrel is stamped “Made in Spain”. The rimfire Cascade is a different proposition, designed in Spain but made in Turkey, and a customer who has read the review will know the distinction. The centrefire gets “all Bergara’s pedigree for great barrel making distilled into a no-frills yet still very relevant hunting rifle”: a 4140 carbon-steel sporter barrel of 20in with a 5/8in Unified National Extra Fine (UNEF) muzzle thread and a recessed crown, a Bergara action bedded on aluminium pillars with a 6½in one-piece Picatinny rail, black Cerakote on the metalwork, a three-lug bolt with a 70-degree lift, a two-position side safety, a Bergara trigger adjustable from 2lb to 4lb, a five-shot polymer magazine and an ambidextrous colour-impregnated polymer stock with a 13¾in length of pull adjustable by spacers. Weight is 3.1kg and overall length 40½in.

What does the Cascade range offer the UK dealer?

Three finishes and a calibre spread at one price point. The Black synthetic version tested carries an RRP of £795; hunting olive drab green (ODG) and Wideland camo are the alternatives. Edgar Brothers lists calibres from .223 Rem to .30-06, which puts the Cascade across the fox, roe and hill-stag conversations, and every rifle comes with a minute-of-angle (MOA) accuracy guarantee that the review bears out. Potts’s summary of the market position is that the range is “certainly worth a look if you are on a budget”.

What did the test find that a retailer can repeat?

Four factory loads, all MOA or better. Hornady’s 35gr NTX Superformance lead-free load averaged 3,841fps and 1,147ft/lb with accuracy “right around the MOA mark, with two close and one off”; Norma Tipstrike 54gr grouped 0.95in at 3,044fps and 1,111ft/lb; RWS Soft Point 55gr grouped 0.65in at 3,181fps and 1,236ft/lb; and Geco Express 56gr averaged 3,270fps and 1,330ft/lb with MOA groups. “So, all in all, pick up any of the above factory loads and this Cascade is MOA accurate,” Potts wrote. The trigger, set at the factory to 1lb 11oz, “was super crisp and really surprised and delighted me in equal measure”, and the polymer magazine “fed its five-round payload of .223 rounds flawlessly too”. The stock drew the only reservations: it is “a tad hollow-sounding in the rear section”, and the moulded grip panels are “pretty small, low and superficial”. Neither stopped the rifle doing its job on a wet Scottish morning, after which, he wrote, “a quick wipe-over and, hey presto, good as new”.

Why does a £795 Bergara-built rifle matter to the trade?

Because the budget stalking customer is the one most likely to leave with a package. Potts opened his test with the customer the trade knows well: “not all of us want to spend thousands of pounds on a rifle, plus scope and so on, when all you need is a reliable, accurate gun that is designed to perform at its best out in the field”. A Cerakoted, pillar-bedded, MOA-guaranteed rifle at £795, from a distributor with Bergara’s barrel-making behind it, gives the counter an honest answer for the first-rifle buyer, the keeper who wants a foxing and roe rifle that can be knocked about, and the stalker who would rather put the saving into glass. The test rifle wore a 2–12x50mm Opti H scope and an HQS Hunter XS sound moderator, both of which Potts praised, and that is the shape of the package conversation.

What happens next?

The review is live on ShootingUK and the group’s stalking readers will see it through the network. Edgar Brothers’ listing carries the calibres and finishes. The RRP is the figure at the time of the review’s publication on 16 October 2026 and may change.

Useful links

CVA Cascade .223 Rem review: a Bergara-built stalking rifle for £795 – Bruce Potts’s original test in Shooting Times, where these words first appeared

Edgar Brothers – the UK importer and distributor, which lists the Cascade range, its finishes and its calibres

Frequently asked questions

Who imports the CVA Cascade into the UK?

Edgar Brothers. The centrefire Cascade is designed and made in Spain by Bergara, with the barrel stamped “Made in Spain”; the rimfire Cascade is designed in Spain but made in Turkey.

What is the CVA Cascade RRP and which finishes are offered?

The Black synthetic version is £795 RRP at the time of Shooting Times’s review on 16 October 2026, with hunting olive drab green (ODG) and Wideland camo also offered. Edgar Brothers lists calibres from .223 Rem to .30-06.

How accurate was the CVA Cascade on test?

RWS Soft Point 55gr grouped three shots into 0.65in, Norma Tipstrike 54gr into 0.95in, and Hornady 35gr NTX and Geco Express 56gr both shot to MOA, with the RWS load holding 2in to 2½in at 200 yards. Every Cascade carries an MOA accuracy guarantee.

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