BAT Vampire action

[Alex Wheeler]

Im excited about this one
Long action repeater, std or mag bolt. Anodized aluminum action body with hardened steel insert for the lug seats and threads. Nitrided bolt body. Integral lug and 20 moa pic rail. CFE9 mag box inlet. Fits Remington pattern stocks, you just need to square up the inlet. This action shape should be very stable in the bedding. 25oz. on the scale. (yes Im begging for a BR version)
I have checked it for straightness and lug contact. Its very good. Getting an insert installed that straight is impressive to me.

 

[DngBat7]

This is not the sub 1000. You mentioned the other day?

 

[Alex Wheeler]

No that one is the igniter. All steel.

 

[jvw2008]

How does straightness and lug contact compare with the many Kelblys you have worked with over the years? It seems the action construction is very similar between the two.

 

[jkohler]

that’s a sweet looker for sure

 

[Alex Wheeler]

How does straightness and lug contact compare with the many Kelblys you have worked with over the years? It seems the action construction is very similar between the two.

Im impressed with how straight they got this insert. I am begging for a BR version. You can ask too

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Very nice. Wish it had a trigger hanger but thatll work

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Trigger hangers do limit the magazine box to cfe12 vs CFE9 and dont really do anything for a hunting action. Bat has made me HR actions with trigger hangers but I went away from it as it was no benefit. In a BR version a trigger hanger would be expected no doubt.

 

[dtucker]

And here is its little brother the Bumblebee You will get to play with it before long.

 

[69mach]

Im excited about this one
Long action repeater, std or mag bolt. Anodized aluminum action body with hardened steel insert for the lug seats and threads. Nitrided bolt body. Integral lug and 20 moa pic rail. CFE9 mag box inlet. Fits Remington pattern stocks, you just need to square up the inlet. This action shape should be very stable in the bedding. 25oz. on the scale. (yes Im begging for a BR version)
I have checked it for straightness and lug contact. Its very good. Getting an insert installed that straight is impressive to me.

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do they have a pice point yet on it?

 

[dtucker]

Mine the 308 bolt face short action was 1700.00

 

[Kurz]

Digging out of the shadows:

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I got it mostly done today, 7lb 5 oz is pretty light with a #5 contour
300 PRC
Bat Vampire aluminum/steel action
McMillan game hunter, carbon fiber shell, enhanced edge fill
#5 Lilja 9tw 3 groove 24" with Harrell's brake
Jewell trigger
CFE 9 Wyatts box
Hawkins floor plate
7lb 5oz without optics

 

[DangerRanger]

I got it mostly done today, 7lb 5 oz is pretty light with a #5 contour
300 PRC
Bat Vampire aluminum/steel action
McMillan game hunter, carbon fiber shell, enhanced edge fill
#5 Lilja 9tw 3 groove 24" with Harrell's brake
Jewell trigger
CFE 9 Wyatts box
Hawkins floor plate
7lb 5oz without optics

You have a type came out nice

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

I got it mostly done today, 7lb 5 oz is pretty light with a #5 contour
300 PRC
Bat Vampire aluminum/steel action
McMillan game hunter, carbon fiber shell, enhanced edge fill
#5 Lilja 9tw 3 groove 24" with Harrell's brake
Jewell trigger
CFE 9 Wyatts box
Hawkins floor plate
7lb 5oz without optics

 

[jkohler]

Good hell I’m just going to have to call and order me one of these Vampires. It’s been killing me ever since Alex posted this. Now what to build out of it?

 

[Alex Wheeler]

You have a type came out nice

I have been very fortunate to build and handle about every style of hunting rifle there is. This is my type for sure.

 

[Hohn]

I’d be surprised if the machined the insert first instead of inserting and then machining. A cryo bath for the insert and a mild press, then allow it to come to temp and machine it. That’s how I’d do it.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I have been specifying cryo'd cromoly on every action I order for a couple years now. Theres a couple reasons for that. The insert is cryo'd cm thats a few points harder as well. Its very precise. The way the barrel torques up is different. Its just tight, hardly any rotation after hand tight.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

I got it mostly done today, 7lb 5 oz is pretty light with a #5 contour
300 PRC
Bat Vampire aluminum/steel action
McMillan game hunter, carbon fiber shell, enhanced edge fill
#5 Lilja 9tw 3 groove 24" with Harrell's brake
Jewell trigger
CFE 9 Wyatts box
Hawkins floor plate
7lb 5oz without optics

Curious why you went with a Lilja barrel?

The couple Lilja barrels I owned and others friends and family have owned were very finicky and tough to find accurate loads. Eventually all shot well, but took a ton of work. Lilja has been at the bottom of my list for a long time now just because other barrels seem to find multiple accurate loads very quickly and tune better.