Browning Micro Hunter
 

Well after much indecision, I finally decided that I am going to purchase a Browning A-Bolt II Micro Hunter. It feels great for my body size when I shoulder it and I like the way the bolt feels when I work the action. Now I can't decide between the 308, 7mm-08 or the 270. I know it is just a matter of personnel preference, however, was wondering what you guys think. The rifle will be used almost exclusively for hunting whitetail, other than range shooting.

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You will be happy with any of those 3 calibers. All will do what you want, all three are very very good for whitetails.

My latest purchase was a .308 . I am extremely please with this caliber. I bought it because I did not have a .308 in my gun safe. I took several deer with it this past year.

In the past I have own a .270. Loved it! Never an issue.

My brother owns a 7mm-08 and loves it as well. He has taken a lot of whitetail with it.

So it is going to be a difficult chopice for you that comes down to personal factors.

Lots of previous posts in the forum dealing with this kind of decision.

Handloading?
Factory ammo only?
Any benchshooting other than just sighting the rifle in?

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Browning's expectations on accuracy is about 1 1/2 - 2 MOA. I was getting this with my Microhunter in 7-08 but wasn't satisfied. I also liked the way the rifle fit me and how it handled. I dropped it off at my local gunsmith and for a mere $25 he bedded the action. My initial session after the bedding was much better - less than 1 1/2". After a bit of tinkering with different powders/bullets/primers I finally got a load that regularly produces less than 1 MOA. This 'little gun' has found a place in my safe and will be around for a while. And for whitetails, its hard to beat the little 7-08.

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I regret trading an A-Bolt in 7-08.
It would shoot sub MOA groups with many different factory ammo.
I sold it to a guy who had the same and had traded it off and wished he had never gotten rid of it, now I am there!

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All three are great calibers. If you are planning on punching much paper, you might lean for the .308 because you can get cheap military surplus ammo.

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I would go with the .270 Win. Good luck.

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The MicroHunter just screams either 308 or 7mm-08 to me. Small, comapct rifles should have small compact cartridges. I like 7mm bullets for whitetails somy personal pick would be a 7mm-08.

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I still have this nostalgic thing with Jack O'conner and the 270. I had one in a semi automatic. Hated the gun, loved the caliber. Wish I has another one. You should have one! EJ

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Where did you get this info from? Is it just your opinion or did you call Browning?

I agree that gun screems 7mm-08 or 308 or some type of short action caliber. I was looking at that gun when I bought a A-bolt Hunter in 243Wssm. It is the exact same gun as the Micro but with a 23" barrel, it has the shorter stock I just wanted one of the Wssm's. If you buy any of the Wssm's they have the same stock as your Micro just a little bit longer barrel.

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For just whitetails it would be a coin flip..lol. I used the 270 for years and loved it and bought a 7-08 just to try and now I dont use anything else. I havent shot a 308 much.

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I have a Browning A-Bolt lightweight stalker in 308. It shoots very well and I would think that any of the three calibers would be fine. I think the short action would be the way to go but I could never recommend against the 270 either. Sounds like a good problem to me.:D

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Duck, thanks for the heads-up. I didn't realize that all the WSM's had the same smaller stock as the Micro Hunter. I'll have to shoulder them again and see how they feel!

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duck - FYI got the info from a browning dealer/gunsmith who does alot of work on Brownings. And anyway, 1 1/2 - 2 MOA is very respectable accuracy for a hunting rifle. But thatisn't acceptable to me - at least not in a good quality bolt action like the Browning. I like my 7-08 Micro Hunter especially now that it meets my standards.

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I also have a browning micro hunter,but I have it in .270wsm. I like it a lot, it is nice out of a treestand,and the short cartridges are also the way to go.I put a sims limbsaver recoil pad on it & a timney replacement spring(which is real easy to replace)and is real sweet to shoot.
Bill

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I wasnt refuting your comment, I was just curious. Thanks for the info.

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Its the WSSM's the WSM's are actual Micro hunters, the Wssms have the same stock but arent listed as Micro's. I dont know why but thats how they have it.

Yea I looked for a couple months at the Micro's I really wanted a 243Wssm in a micro and couldnt figure out why they didnt make that little gun in that caliber. So I sent Browning a message and they let me know that the Wssm A-bolt Huntershave the same stock as the Micro'sexcept the Wssm's have a 23" barrel. They are more expensive then the standard caliber Micro's though. The cool thing is that with the 23" barrel the Wssm is only 39.75"'s long and the 7mm-08 with a 20" barrel is 39.5"'s long. Very close for 3" longer barrel

Walmart(the store from hell:D) has the standard micros for 549.00
and the Wssm Hunters for 649.


Standard

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=4125&search_query=mic ro&ics=20&ico=0&Continue.x=15&Cont inue.y=17

Wssm Hunters
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=4125&search_query=wss m&ics=20&ico=0&Continue.x=27&Conti nue.y=17

Not saying that is the best place to purchase them theres some good info on the guns like wieght and lenght and stuff. Good luck