RD , you have a point there about the dirt interaction with tight spaced Custom Actions . Some years back I was Prairie Dog hunting out West when my hunting buddy asked me if I had a hammer in my tool kit . I handed him an old hammer and he proceeded to pound on his BAT Bolt to free it up . Made me cringe . I later sent him a picture of that event ! However , I'm still going for a BAT while I can still get around . I'm thinking a used BR Rifle I could rebarrel to a Varmint Cartridge would be a good bet .
When I made the statement about the Borden Alpine/Timberline I wasn't speculating. I've spoken with Jim quite a bit when he's had a display at the Harrisburg Outdoorsman Show even as far back to when he didn't even make his own actions yet. Working the bolt on one of his completely rebuilt mod 700's was a thing of beauty. Smooth as glass, tight and locked up like a vault.
