I had a browning a-bolt composite stalker in 308 win really liked the gun but not fussy on the drop plate so i traded for a tikka t3 lite stanless 308 win,it had a stright clip also a really nice gun and its a shooter to. this year it was passed around by my family and it also took 3 nice whitetail and 2 moose using hornady sst all 3 deer droped in there trax the 2 moose only took a few steps . both are realynice guns. as for the x-bolt i called my gun dealer last week and told him to order me one in composite stalker 308 they have some nice new features i will give my tikka to my father when the x-bolt comes in. browning guns a very well put togeather and im sure the x bolt is to