NEW PRODUCT: “Neuvo” Precision Action from BAT Machine
An impressive new rifle action was just announced by BAT Machine and Bullet Central. This new action, dubbed the “Neuvo”, has many impressive features, and it certainly looks like nothing else on the market. Hall of Fame Shooter Dwight Scott provided design input for the Neuvo action.
Bullet Central says much careful design and engineering went into this new action: “The Neuvo … action is the result of more than half a century of experience in rifle building, gunsmithing, target shooting and high-end machining. Bullet Central, Dwight Scott, and BAT Machine teamed up to develop this receiver. The Neuvo encompasses time-proven functionality with a host of brand-new features. The new action includes a wide-body, two-lug bolt, horizontal locking lugs and a totally redesigned fire control system. The Neuvo is manufactured by BAT Machine in the U.S.A. and available at Bullet Central.”
After reviewing early photos of the BAT Neuvo action, Forum member Alex Wheeler liked what he saw: “This action has some features that do set it apart. A full-diameter two-lug will open very nice due to the shallower cocking ramp angle allowed by the large-diameter bolt. There is no lug raceway, so it [could be safer] in an over-pressure situation. I also think that full-diameter bolts run smoother due to not having lugs to bind. I hope to get to handle one of these to really look it over. The big thing will be the fire control — that will make or break it in my opinion.”
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What dollar amount is going to be placed on this new wonder boy?
Agghhh i had this design idea drawn up two years ago. Should have never posted pictures of it online when it was still ruff. Lol. Live and learn.
Really that horisontal locking lug is the future of accuracy. It goes to show how so many people just keep on doing the veryical lug lock just “because we have always done it that way” instead of aproching the design with an open mind. I champion Bat for doing this finally. To bad i was not first.
I didn’t see any real info on bullet central. When can we buy this thing? Lee
Seems a becoming-standard thing to announce a new product and provide virtually zip info. Nothing on the BAT site or Bullet Central site. Even less than in this small article on the Bullet Central Facebook page. No detailed specs, no options list, no pricing, and NOTHING on what constitutes those “many impressive features, and…looks like nothing else on the market” feature set. Worst, for me, nothing on that “totally redesigned fire control system” And how about a bunch of pics of those new features compared to a “standard” BAT. Woefully underwhelming!
“The new action includes a wide-body, two-lug bolt, horizontal locking lugs…”
Other BATs are 2-lug, horizontally locking. What constitutes “wide body” – presumably the semi-flattened bottom (appears that way from the one pic)? Mounting that shape is better than pure round or dead-flat shape?
“full-diameter two-lug” – Barnard has been, as best I know, full-diameter since the beginning – http://www.barnard.co.nz/model-p-action.htm – but they are 3-lug (with the associated advantages – like the 3-lug BATs have).
Very frustrating. Claims and zero data.
This is a fat bolt action, like a Hall, the difference being the position of the lugs when the action is locked up. Having the lugs horizontal when the action is locked means that both lugs will be in contact when the action is cocked. Two lug actions, with fixed bolt heads, that lock with their lugs in vertical position only have the bottom lug in contact, at its outer end while the actions are cocked. This is one of the main reasons that builders of benchrest grade actions of that type pay so much attention to bolt to body clearance, to minimize this effect. It also helps to keep cocking pieces aligned so that they will not catch and scrape as they fall.
Yes and these are the problems that a horisontal lock solves. When i brought it up two years ago people laughed.
Boyd,
Great job stating the blatenly obvious.
Paul
Thanks for the clarification boyd. I’m not a gunsmith. Just a semi newbie trying to learn as much as I can. I would have thought both lugs on a traditional action would have full contact cocked.