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Browning X Bolt?s
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I have a Browning X-Bolt "Hunter" (Wood stocked/Matte Finished Metal) in 270 Winchester.
Likes:
1) You can release the bolt without having to move off safety by depressing the button where the bolt handle meets the bolt body.
2) User adjustable trigger.
3) Short lift bolt handle.
4) Mine likes Federal Fushion 130 grn. Gets SUB MOA on a good day with low/no wind and I do my part.
5) Mine LOVES my handloads even more.
Dislikes:
1) I bought mine as soon as the X-Bolt hit the market. It was nearly impossible to find scope bases. Maybe that has changed.
2) DON"T TURN THE SLOTTED SCREW HEAD ON THE BACK OF THE DETACHABLE MAGAZINE!!! (Don't ask how I know this). Bad thinks will happen, aka FTF.
3) I always try to carry a spare magazine with my DM guns. You lose the mag while on a stalk and you have a single shot, without a spare magazine. I've had the rifle for four years and just found a spare late last year.
In reality my only complaints other than I turned the screw head on the magazine were supply chain problems for accesories, not problems with the rifle.
Would I buy another? Maybe, leaning more likely toward yes than no.
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Likes:
1) You can release the bolt without having to move off safety by depressing the button where the bolt handle meets the bolt body.
2) User adjustable trigger.
3) Short lift bolt handle.
4) Mine likes Federal Fushion 130 grn. Gets SUB MOA on a good day with low/no wind and I do my part.
5) Mine LOVES my handloads even more.
Dislikes:
1) I bought mine as soon as the X-Bolt hit the market. It was nearly impossible to find scope bases. Maybe that has changed.
2) DON"T TURN THE SLOTTED SCREW HEAD ON THE BACK OF THE DETACHABLE MAGAZINE!!! (Don't ask how I know this). Bad thinks will happen, aka FTF.
3) I always try to carry a spare magazine with my DM guns. You lose the mag while on a stalk and you have a single shot, without a spare magazine. I've had the rifle for four years and just found a spare late last year.
In reality my only complaints other than I turned the screw head on the magazine were supply chain problems for accesories, not problems with the rifle.
Would I buy another? Maybe, leaning more likely toward yes than no.
Class III
dkizer22
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I have only owned a-bolts. They were good rifles and the X-bolt was to fix the problems with it.
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Thank you
Ring bases are readily available now and I should have no problem getting a spare mag from the retailer I am looking to purchase from. I asked about the X bolt because it seemed to be the best handling rifle in that price point. Great ergonomics, and fit and finish seemed above other manufactures I have always been a rem or win owner. This rifle will be my go to non trade, keeper rifle as the Mrs said go buy a hunting rifle
(B-Day, ANNIV, X-MAS) as I had sold a bunch a few years back for our home etc. And also have only handgun hunted for almost the last decade I had been looking for a Win 54 but to no avail non are to be had locally Thanks Again
Carl
Ring bases are readily available now and I should have no problem getting a spare mag from the retailer I am looking to purchase from. I asked about the X bolt because it seemed to be the best handling rifle in that price point. Great ergonomics, and fit and finish seemed above other manufactures I have always been a rem or win owner. This rifle will be my go to non trade, keeper rifle as the Mrs said go buy a hunting rifle
(B-Day, ANNIV, X-MAS) as I had sold a bunch a few years back for our home etc. And also have only handgun hunted for almost the last decade I had been looking for a Win 54 but to no avail non are to be had locally Thanks Again
Carl
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