A-bolt 300wsm with the boss?
 

I hope some one can help me. I have the A-bolt II with boss system and need to know the setting for the 300 wsm 180bst. Does anybody have an idea where I should start? I've also heard that this thing will be so loudI won't be able to hunt with out ear protection. boogs

RE: A-bolt 300wsm with the boss?
 

Can't help you with the setting but I will say, I hunt with a friend with the same rifle in 338. I don't believe you need ear protection while hunting any more with your rifle than with any other rifle. On the range, absolutely, but one or two shots hunting won't hurt you anymore than any other rifle. Just my $.02

RE: A-bolt 300wsm with the boss?
 

Do you have a hack saw?

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Ahh come on it ain't that bad is it? I didn't think it would or could be that much louder.....that's just what one "expert " had to say.

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You'll never notice the loudness hunting....it just never happens and we never shoot that much hunting.

About the accuracy:

Independent tests have confirmed that the boss does indeed do what it's designed to do. It actually improves accuracy. That said they then removed the boss and shot the A-Bolts with nothing on them and they found that accuracy was still excellent. As a matter of fact the accuracy was so good that the boss contributed very little to the overall functioning of the gun.

We don't see them attached to varmint rifles and we don't see them at benchrest matches.

Remember the hacksaw comment?

RE: A-bolt 300wsm with the boss?
 

I have a 300winmag Ruger with a Boss style tamer on it. It is very loud at the range (so I am told)but when shooting in the field I don't notice it. I always use ear protection at the range. I don't know if I would put one on my next mag rifle. I have heard where some guides will not allow muzzle breaks.

My muzzle break takes it from a mean mule to a nice 30-06.

RE: A-bolt 300wsm with the boss?
 

It shouldn't bother you too much. Not only will you not notice it beccause you'll focus on other things while hunting, but it's much louder for people on the side/side rear of you because of the direction it sends its gasses. I wouldn't worry about it.

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As someone that has actuallyowned a boss equipped rifle in 7mmremmag and fired it for one shot without hearing protection,I can assure you that it is much louder than my 300ultramags without a brake.After that one shot my ears rang for an hour or so.They have never rang before or since from shooting any gun.Luckily for me there was no permanent detectable hearing loss.A friend of mine was not so lucky as one shot from his 300win mag with a brake caused permanent damage to his hearing as verified by before and after hearing tests.We are tested every two years at work and before this incident his hearing had been normal for over 20 years.For the past few years following that single shot his hearing is no longer normal.

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Everytime noise makes your ears ring there was permenant hearing loss. I've taken to hunting with a good set of noise attenuating head phones. Not only am I saving my hearing but you can hear better with them on, amplifies the whole woods. Heck I guy I know even uses the things for bow hunting for the increased hearing. I thought it was kinnda stupid at first but know I'm glad I have a pair.

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If you reread my post,you will see that I said no permanent"detectable" hearing loss.My hearing has been tested every two years for the past 25 years and as of the last test,no permanent hearing loss has been detected.

RE: A-bolt 300wsm with the boss?
 

IIRC there are two types of BOSS - one that provides recoil reduction (thus venting somegas and noise rearward) and another that is only intended for accuracy improvement...the latter supposedly having minimal change to sound pressure to the shooter....

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I think it is 3.0,but you can get the settings for the boss on the browning web site.
I have a 7 mag and a 300 wsm in the browning stalker with boss,but if I ever buy another browning it won't have a boss on it.
As far as recoil the boss on the 7 mag really helps but on the 300wsm it still kicks pretty good to me.
I made the mistake of shooting the 300 the first time with out hearing protection but won't make it again I hope.It not only made my ears ring it really hurt.
I shot a few groups taking the boss off with the 300 and my tiny groups went too.These were with reloads don't know about factory loads.

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well, i shot it last night and was really impressesed with my groups. I had it set on a 1.5 for the 180gr. bst. it did fine so I 'm not going to monkey with it anymore. I had headphones on but it didn't seem any louder than the other big guns on the range....recoil wasn't too bad either actually a lot less than i expected.

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Don't get the underware all in the bunch there captian, but every time your ears ring there is hearing damage plain and simple. It takes time and repatition for the effect to build up, and usually hearing falls off very subtly and very gradually (read undectable by run of the mill tests,) and then tanks all of a sudden. Sorry I isulted you, was just floating a warning to people. I work in a enviroment conducive to hearing loss, and I don't want my fun stuff to add onto what I spend money to avoid at work.

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I also work in an environment conductive to hearing loss and that is why we are tested regularly.My point is that no hearing loss has been detected over a 25 year period shooting guns without brakes and except for that one shot with a brake my ears have never rang from shooting.However,Idid give anexamplewhere a single shot with a brake caused permanent hearing loss that was detected through our regular tests.My point is to show just how much more of a threat a brake adds to the risk of hearing loss.