Howa Short Action Bolt Swap Question

[Marshfly]

I have this older Howa short action 223. It never gets shot since I bought the Tikka 223. I want to put a 6 Creed barrel on it so I'll actually use it. The bolt face is the last piece of the puzzle.

Is the bolt swap as easy as finding a 0.470 bolt face used bolt and swapping them out?

 

[hereinaz]

If you headspace the barrel off the new bolt, that’s all you need.

Check trading your rifle for a regular bolt face Howa, probably be less.

There is a guy who sells complete Howa bolts in eBay I have bought. I was gonna do a switch barrel Howa, and had all the pieces, but never used the .223 bolt.