Browning X-Bolt
03-23-2009, 06:59 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Posts: 116
RE: Browning X-Bolt
Yea so that is about the same price as the higher grade X-Bolt Medallion. I got the Browning A-Boltand you just wont find a gun at that price range with that kind of accuracy. I have seen the X-bolt twice. I like the new look although I dontlike the plastic clip. I do like the lines of the gun and the over all appearance. They did some trigger work on them and their triggers are now supost to be crisper than the A-bolt. I liked the triggger on the newer A-Bolts so I was serprised when they did work on that. I can't wait to see how crisp the new X-Bolt triggers are. If you are looking for a good gun the price of the A-Bolts have now droped and this would be a great time to pick one up.
03-23-2009, 07:18 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Coralville, IA. USA
Posts: 3,802
RE: Browning X-Bolt
The A-Bolts are good guns, and the X-Bolts appear to be as well. I've handled an X-Bolt hunter at my local Scheel's, but I wasn't able to examine the trigger or the new magazine (trigger locks and the mags are removed from rack rifles). I'm not real fond of the wrap-around magazine well on the bottom of the stock. The shape is nice, but the appearance is not so good, IMO. I also think that Browning would be serving shooters better by putting the shadowline on the buttstock on the cheekpiece, not on the side of the stock (more Euro-trash styling creeping into American-market rifles, unfortunately.
I considered Browning for my new rifle purchase, but they didn't offer what I was looking for. I wanted a laminate stock with stainless barreled/action. I wanted a "light" magnum smallbore caliber that had less recoil than a .30-06, but flat enough trajectory to make it a legitimate long range rifle, and it had to have at least a 24" barrel to take advantage of the extra powder. I wanted a internal magazine with a floorplate (because while detachable magazines are great, you're never going to forget your internal box magazine at home or drop it in the woods somewhere). The Browning A-Bolt comes close, but the Remington fit the bill perfectly, and the 257 Wby is a barnburner of a cartridge. I was looking at the 270 WSM, but Browning, for some unknown reason, shortens their WSM barrels to 23" instead of leaving them at the more optimum 24".
Mike
I considered Browning for my new rifle purchase, but they didn't offer what I was looking for. I wanted a laminate stock with stainless barreled/action. I wanted a "light" magnum smallbore caliber that had less recoil than a .30-06, but flat enough trajectory to make it a legitimate long range rifle, and it had to have at least a 24" barrel to take advantage of the extra powder. I wanted a internal magazine with a floorplate (because while detachable magazines are great, you're never going to forget your internal box magazine at home or drop it in the woods somewhere). The Browning A-Bolt comes close, but the Remington fit the bill perfectly, and the 257 Wby is a barnburner of a cartridge. I was looking at the 270 WSM, but Browning, for some unknown reason, shortens their WSM barrels to 23" instead of leaving them at the more optimum 24".
Mike
12-19-2009, 06:15 PM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 233
The plastic mag didn't bother as much as the one for the tikka did... that tikka mag sucked but the gun I head shoots well.
Now the browning mag is much more sturdy then the tikka, its made of a polymer and very tough. I bet I could run over it with my truck and not damage (not going to though) but very very sturdy!
The trigger pull is VERY crisp! I have an a bolt and like it as well but this trigger is set at 3.5 for now and I don't plan to change unless needed.
I also liked the accu-tigger from savage but its fugly! And the browning isn't. Actually the savage wasn't really gona save me much cash compared to the browning... paid 750 for my 243 hunter. Gona try and shoot it tmrw if all gos well. Has a 1-10 twist with a 22'' barrel. Just like the tikka t-3
Now the browning mag is much more sturdy then the tikka, its made of a polymer and very tough. I bet I could run over it with my truck and not damage (not going to though) but very very sturdy!
The trigger pull is VERY crisp! I have an a bolt and like it as well but this trigger is set at 3.5 for now and I don't plan to change unless needed.
I also liked the accu-tigger from savage but its fugly! And the browning isn't. Actually the savage wasn't really gona save me much cash compared to the browning... paid 750 for my 243 hunter. Gona try and shoot it tmrw if all gos well. Has a 1-10 twist with a 22'' barrel. Just like the tikka t-3
12-20-2009, 09:28 AM
#18
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 233
12-20-2009, 11:01 AM
#19
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Posts: 5,130
LC,
I'm sure you will be very happy with it..........after all, it's a Nikon Monarch.
Just make sure to get the lowest rings possible, so you can maintain a good cheek weld.
Shoot that BDC reticle at 100, 200 & 300 yards (400,500 later) and once you learn how to use it; makes hold-over obsolete.
I'm sure you will be very happy with it..........after all, it's a Nikon Monarch.
Just make sure to get the lowest rings possible, so you can maintain a good cheek weld.
Shoot that BDC reticle at 100, 200 & 300 yards (400,500 later) and once you learn how to use it; makes hold-over obsolete.
Last edited by Sheridan; 12-21-2009 at 06:10 PM.
12-20-2009, 03:23 PM
#20
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 19
have had an x-bolt, 7mm-08, for 2 seasons. 4 shots, 4 deer. farthest 227 yds. (range finder). As I shoot left handed, love the tang safety. Had a Rem. Model 7, 7mm-08, for several yrs. Good gun, but like the x - bolt better. Smooth action. Magazine loads easily, fits snugly. 1.5" 3 shot grp. with factory ammo. Groups improved after a thorough barrel cleaning and first box of shells. Can't imagine a better whitetail caliber than the 7-08.
No regrets.
No regrets.