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Old 07-16-2005 | 10:24 AM
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Default RE: Browning BOSS system

Nothing is perfect.The attachment at the end of the barrel is ugly and you do have to take the time to dial in the cr attachment.As an example I shoot 130 grain Barnes X's out of my .270,several years ago I spent probably three hours dialing that bullet in.I havn't moved the settings since and I continue to use that same bullet.Fortunately 130 grain corelokt's shoot virtually identically as the Barnes X's,so if I want to practice I am doing it at $12 a box versus $27 a box.
What has been mentioned here about the durability of the attachment concerns me.I always check mine to make sure it is snug and hasn't moved and I have never had a problem with it.My sense is with the attachment after the purchase you are a trigger job or replacement away from all the additional expense that that gun is likely going to need in terms of accuracy improvement.If I hand loaded it would be a different story.I have a Remington LSS mountain rifle in 30-06 that I have over $500 in accurizing gunsmithing inthat shoots great but not near as accurate as the Browning with not nearly as much money invested in the gun.
I purchased a tikka t-3 appx. two years ago in .243,I was influenced by all the gun writers who thought so highly of it.I went to the range with 5 boxes of different ammunition.One cheap box to get it close and 4 boxes of premium ammunition at $18 to $22 a box to see which load it liked.Trigger at 3.5 lbs great gun rest where my influence was minimal.This was a rifle that was "guaranteed "to shoot 1 inch groups out of the box.In fairness to tika I may have gottten a lemon.The best group I could get out of the gun was 1.5 inches with Scirrocco's.An inch and a half isn't awful but for a .243 it is not acceptable,I sold the gun.
For me the Boss/Cr alternative is a good one, beyond the original cost of the gun and a trigger job you should be able to achieve excellant accuracy without any additional expense!
I don't have many guns but what I have I want to perform.For most of the hard core people out there my stable is a small one (Mossberg 835 for Turkey's,T/C ENCORE .50 Caliber Muzzleloader,Browning A-Bolt .270,Remington Lss mountain rifle in 30-06,and a Remington 541 .22)I don't think there is anything I will ever hunt that one of the above wont take care of.
A Kimber .270 WSM has been calling out my name for some time now though!!!
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