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BPI is the American entity of Dikar. They are one in the same. BPI/Dikar did in fact buy/create Bergara. They took an existing barrel maker and retooled it to modern standards under the guidance of Ed Shilen of Shilen Rifles, who engineered the current manufacturing methods of Bergara.
http://www.bpioutdoors.com/
http://www.bpioutdoors.com/BPI-History.php
BPI Outdoors is the parent company of several highly successful product brands in the hunting & shooting industry, including CVA® muzzleloading and center-fire guns and accessories, POWERBELT® muzzleloading bullets and accessories, QUAKE® hunting & shooting accessories, DURASIGHT™ scope mounts, BERGARA™ barrels, actions and rilfes™ and DEAD AIR ARMAMENT™ suppressors. BPI is located in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
BPI Outdoors was founded in 1999 and immediately acquired the CVA brand from its former owner
Bergara Barrels was established in late 2006.
Bottom line is the bad CVA barrels of years ago were manufactured by the extruded steel method. Current model CVA/Bergara barrels are now drilled and button rifled from solid stock. Previous junk vs. current high quality.
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