American based?...Hardly, Dikar S Coop is based in Spain and owns Bergara, BPI CVA, Quake and PowerBelt. Is anything on the rifle even made in the USA or is it even assembled here?

http://www.dikar.es/en/#nuestras_marcas

BPI is based in Georgia so it makes perfect sense they want to consolidate as many branches at the same location as possible.

Bergara sold the Apex in Spain but its not called an Apex. Oddly i do not see a single mention of a ML barrel for the Bergara branded "Apex". So they could simply apply other branding to any ML they wish since Dikar owns both brands. They did it on the Apex.