Just curious what kinda work to the action are you referring to to get em to work? Wheeler has been using a lot of BATs of late judging by his FB builds, firing pin/ignition system is excellent on the BATs now more than ever is what I’m lead to believe.
Everything on a bat needs checked from ignition to the lugs (extractors, ejectors, trigger timing, feeding, lugs lapped, bolt shroud too tight, cocking piece loose, you name it you better check it) Right now I own at least 8 Bat actions. Every single one of them needed some sort of work. Most shooters who have a top notch gunsmith don’t have to worry about it, because the gunsmith goes though the action before they ever see it. Kelbly and Borden’s are much more ready to go out of the box. I’ve got some awesome shooting bats but they’ve been worked on.