Well, I guess I was a little strong with my statements.....hope I didn't offend anyone.....just wanted to put my .02 cents worth, since I own one of these guns. In my opinion, they are excellent. They are very accurate and I think the BOSS a wonderful implement that does reduce recoil. It also does significantly increase the noise of the gun as it is fired. Please use at your own risk.

I hope the above statement was as namby pamby politically correct as possible so as to avoid offending anyone here.

I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, and Idid notstay at the Holiday Inn Express last night.

I am not an expert on anything, once again, I am simply an acutal owner of something for which information has been requested.

I was surprisedat the replies of folks who don't own one of these guns and feel free to state that they hate them. Every gun is different, and the gun you had 20 years ago or in some cases 40 years ago was different and is different than any other gun. I comment only on my gun, period.

If you do own one, and you hate it, by all means reply with all your hatredand fury!!! Blast away. Some here have seen fit to do that. That is there opinion, as this is mine. They are fully entitled to comment negativey, about the product requested, since they actually have the experience to back it up.

I am not a retired person with nothing better to do than go to the range everyday or sit in my basement looking at reloading equipment - that is still 15 years in my future. My shooting consists of probably what an averagehunter will do - maybe "slightly more".
My stereo may be too loud for most of you.

I'll concede the point that exposure to "gunfire" of any type will damage your hearing and might be able to do it with one shot - although I doubt the one shot thing. Once again, please don't shoot anything without muffs - you would't want to end up like that others guys buddy...and I'm not advocating that you do so.

The first time I shot my Glock 17 9mm - stupidly in college - without muffs - on the way home, I thought my car stereo was broken because the music sounded slowed and the announcer slurred. Nope, just a problem with my hearing due to exposure to 50 shots. Hearing came back - common sense must have also came back - never shot wihout muffs again unless hunting.

I am acting my age - 36 thanks - by responding to the information request I read by the original poster.I did not see a complete set of responses, so I responded. Ifreely admit that I flamed a number of posters on this thread, since blanket statements about any product rarely "cover" anything correctly. My statements are mine alone and not a review of anything. Just my experiences.

Please use common sense. I wear hearing protection when shooting at the range, Iuse plugs and muffs together. I hate the report and recoil of the gun because it make me flinch, which doesn't help me hit my target. I just get so used to shooting the rifle with the protection, that during the hunting seasons, it comes natural to shoot that same way even without the protection. For the record, I fire an average of 7 rounds during the month long WV hunting seasons and ususally kill 3-4 deer with those shots. I dont feel that 7 unmuffed shots is abusive to my ears, especially considering that the guys in the next valley are lighting it up with the remigton semi autos all the time. I usually work up about three laods to test each year using 150 or 140g bullets of various makes. I then load 30 rounds of that ammo for the hunting season.

Finally, the comment was made that having the BOSS does introduce extra variables into an already complicated reloading bench. This is absolutlety true - and sometimes frustrating. I had never considered it until now, but it is sometimes a PITA!!! I also muzzle loader hunt and I run into those variables there as well, so I guess I just like to tinker.

There is no need to bow towards WV for any reason. I am not a know it all. I am a know it some. It just so happened that what the guy asked about - I actually knew about personally. You may ask another million questions that I havent got a clue about.