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Had an Abolt and an xbolt. Shot great but never could get used to the palm swells as a left hander shooting right handed guns.

My older A-bolt medallion in 280 is my most accurate rifle

I've had zero experience with any A-bolt 3; however, my experiences with 10-12 X-Bolts have been exceptional with respect to form, function, finish, accuracy and overall performance. I have owned them in 6.5 Creedmoor, 280 Ackley, 7 Mag, 300 Mag and 6.5 PRC and each has been exceptional, on all counts. Mine have all been the Hell's Canyon speed version. I've not owned an X-bolt in a different configuration than the Hell's Canyon.

A-Bolts x (a bunch) +++++

Ditto with both the Hell's Canyon Speed x 3 and the Max Long Range x 2.

ya!

GWB

2 A-bolt II’s here, 270WSM and 223WSSM varmint. The 223 shoots tiny groups and is what I usually grab to hunt coyotes. The weight is not as heavy as my other varmint guns. The 270 shoots MOA handles well and it’s light but kicks hard at the bench.

I’ve had over the years a 7RM, 270, 243, 22lr. Everyone of them shot well and my buddies that had other calibers were great as well. I don’t own any anymore, but I’ve not seen one that didn’t shoot from that a-bolt & a-bolt II. I have zero experience with the a-bolt III or x-bolt. I’m one of the SE guys and I don’t have many good friends and “gun guys” that have any late model browning rifles.

Got a Maple x-bolt I got from my Dad. I wouldn't have bought it but it shoots damn good.

Lots of truth here. When I was a kid all of my relatives in that part of the world were duck guys who shot 870s or the occasional BPS and lusted after a browning gold.

I have an X-Bolt Stainless Stalker and it's a great rifle. Like the others have said it's accurate, short bolt throw, tang safety and detachable 4 shot mag. I've had no issues with the coating on the stock peeling. I also had a BLR81 in 308. I really liked that one too. It was surprisingly accurate for having such a skinny barrel. The only reason I sold it was because of the crazy price I got for it.

My only Browning rifle is the 7Rmag BAR that was my first rifle bought in 1974. I wanted a 270 or 30-06 but all they had was 7Rmag & 300 Wmag on the shelf and my grandfather said if it didn’t say Browning he wasn’t paying for it so a 7mag it was.

I’ve had BLRs, 1885s and B78s and now an ABolt II Medallion. All have been very accurate, beautiful, and trouble free.

I have a soon to be going down the road Xbolt Stainless Stalker. Ergos are very good but a mediocre shooter. Had to be sent back to Browning for the sticky stock syndrome. Some how I broke the little rod that connects the push button bolt release to the trigger assembly, easy to fix but shouldn't have happened. Little aftermarket support at this time and my 700's and Steyr shoot better. Very much an upgraded Ruger RAR.

The only Brownings I had that wouldn't shoot to my specs were the BLR's. I have had 4 of them and none were better than 1 3/4" even with handholds. Crappy trigger did not help... I REALLY wanted to get one to shoot good. Had the pre-81's and the BLR's... lots of people have good shooters but mine were mediocre... at best.

You must have gotten a clunker. And frankly comparing them to Ruger RAR is a stretch. The Ruger isn't anywhere near the same quality of rifle.

I've seen, own or shot probably 10-12 X-bolts and haven't seen one that wouldn't shoot MOA or better with decent ammo. The three I have now, 2x 308 and 1x 30-06 will shoot 3/4 MOA with my hand loads. That's been my experience anyway.

I currently own both, take them apart and look at them. Xbolt is a pig with lipstick. 3/4 MOA isn't good enough, not today at least.

BLR’s are are pretty popular with those who hunt them. Ive had several over the years, the trigger probably being the most problematic on them.

A friend had a Stainless Stalker in 338 we called the Flying Wedge due to relatively small surface area of the butt. It seemed to put a real crease in your shoulder. At the time, I was shooting a 340 Wby semi-custom on a Rem 700 action. Had a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad, much greater surface area.

The Flying Wedge was much more wicked.

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speaking of pigs........




Browning X-Bolt Hunter, 308 Win









Bowning Hell's Canyon Speed, 26 Nosler




Browning Max Long Range, 6.5 PRC


Seem to work on other stuff too......







Browning Max Long Range, 6.8 Western

YMMV

ya!

GWB

Ya wanna trade?

How much of a buy is the Browning going to be since it's a flop?

I have a 1990 Browning Abolt 7mm rem mag.

I put a B&C stock on it about 10 years ago

This rifle shoots awesome