Accessories WTT Bergara HMR pro bolt swap: 308 bolt face for .223 bolt face

[BoulderE89]

This may be a long shot but I have a Bergara HMR pro in 6.5 creedmoor and wanna make it into a trainer .223 rifle to practice with more. I obviously don’t have a correct bolt face, so if anyone has a .223 bolt I could buy that would be awesome, but if not I would be down to trade my 308 BF for it. Let me know what you guys have!
FYI - For this to work you need to have the premier action bolts with the double lugs

 

[watchmydebt]

Impossible to find. I ended up bushing my bolt face and machining it to 223. It’s a shame they quit making the 223 version. But it’s a super fun rifle now to shoot and started as a trainer but has become my favorite rifle to shoot. Good luck finding a bolt face.

 

[BoulderE89]

Impossible to find. I ended up bushing my bolt face and machining it to 223. It’s a shame they quit making the 223 version. But it’s a super fun rifle now to shoot and started as a trainer but has become my favorite rifle to shoot. Good luck finding a bolt face.

ya I figured it would be a long shot but thought I might as well throw it out there. So how long of a process was it to put a bushing in and machine it out to 223? Not a bad route if I can’t get what I need otherwise

 

[watchmydebt]

It wasn’t bad as I did it myself but you can send yours off to gretan or lri and for less than like 175$ they will bush the firing pin and change the bolt face. Being it’s already a pro model you don’t need the pin bushed since it’s already a small pin but I’m sure they’ll cut you a deal on the bolt face change.

 

[COprecisionhunter]

I just called BPI customer service two weeks ago and they still had 223 bolt faces for the premier action. They shipped a stripped one to my door for $45 bucks.

Be persistent and ask them to check their inventory, bc at first they told me they didn’t have them as they had discontinued making that rifle.

 

[watchmydebt]

You got lucky. I called them several times over a couple weeks hoping to get a couple diff people and all said they didn’t have them and “said” they checked their stock.

 

[COprecisionhunter]

You got lucky. I called them several times over a couple weeks hoping to get a couple diff people and all said they didn’t have them and “said” they checked their stock.

Dang that sucks. Another buddy got one just by emailing them.

 

[Timgunner]

Call Kauger arms I believe they manufacture the action for Bergara and if not it looks like a carbon copy of the same bolt.

 

[watchmydebt]

It’s most likely they buy them from bergara. Guy I shoot with used to work at bpi and he told us they machined them in house and sold to other vendors. But it’s good to know cause you can get bolts and stuff from kauger much easier I bet.

 

[watchmydebt]

Plus kauger is right by bpi in Georgia.

 

[Timgunner]

I bought a action from Kauger a couple weeks ago they sent me a lapua bolt instead of the Magnum that I ordered I called them and they already mailed a new bolt face on Christmas Eve.