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I have a Browning A-bolt Hunter in the .243 caliber......nice looking gun,smooth tight action and very accurate.I have a Leupold Rifleman 3 -9 X 40mm scope with millet rings mounted on it!

RE: RIFLE SELECTION
 

I agree with the buy American made comment. If you're looking for a high end, high quality, great shooting rifle, purchase a Kimber. If you want better, you'll need to go custom. Mine shoots sub MOA (less than an 1" at 100 yards).

I also own two Remington model 700s, one in .300wsm (stainless) and one in .308. Both shoot 1 MOA (1" at 100 yards). I lived in NH for 20 years. My goto rifle was a Winchester Model 70 in .30-06. I always felt more secure with the .30-06 (vs the .308) in bear country.

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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

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I have a Tikka in 7mm-08 and love it.

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the current issue of field and stream has a little section about new rifles, including the X-bolt. I can't remember what it said, but it may be of interest in your decision. In reality though, you-re talking about two rifles that very few people will be able to find fault with, thus a no-lose decision.

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Since you don't say otherwise,I assume you're primarily hunting Whitetail.... In that case,you could not possibly go wrong with a Browning A Bolt Stalker chambered in 270 WSM. The darn things are virtually indestructable,and the short action makes getting off 2nd and 3rd shots alot easier..... If you have hopes of drawing a Moose tag,then a 7MM WSM might be a better choice.