Browning X Bolt hells canyon.

Picked one up at Cabelas in 6.5 Creedmore. Using it to hunt whitetail right now, no shots yet. Havent grouped with it just sighted it in 3" high at 100 yards. Using the Hornady eldx ammo.

Will play with it more and try shooting some groups with it later. Looking forward to developing some handloads for it eventually but for now will have to make brass....
 
You must be shooting at 5-600 yards to have 100 yd sight in 3" high. Also wondering how you can sight in a rifle without a group to measure. One shot group ?

I have a Hell's Canyon speed in 300 WM. It has the thin fluted barrel with muzzle brake. It is very effective but very loud. The problem with the very thin barrel in a hot caliber is you will not get good groups as the barrel starts to wander after two shots. I am going to free float the barrel more as a winter project. So yes, I shoot one shot groups until the barrel completely cools down. If you want to shoot small groups get the heavier barrelled version but then you have to carry it around in the mountains all day. That can suck. And its longer. But awesome.
 
MustangFrank said:
You must be shooting at 5-600 yards to have 100 yd sight in 3" high. Also wondering how you can sight in a rifle without a group to measure. One shot group ?

I have a Hell's Canyon speed in 300 WM. It has the thin fluted barrel with muzzle brake. It is very effective but very loud. The problem with the very thin barrel in a hot caliber is you will not get good groups as the barrel starts to wander after two shots. I am going to free float the barrel more as a winter project. So yes, I shoot one shot groups until the barrel completely cools down. If you want to shoot small groups get the heavier barrelled version but then you have to carry it around in the mountains all day. That can suck. And its longer. But awesome.
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The barrels are free floating from the factory, that's what you get with a pencil barrel
 
Thats what the advertising says, but plastic molds are not perfect and the barrel makes contact toward the receiver. It is very tight in spots when sliding a 20. dollar bill down the barrel. But yes the thin barrels will act this way when hot.
 
I haven't seen one of these guns, and I'm not sure what the barrel profile is, but the 6ish pounds and 20" barrel seems very similar to a tikka T3. I have owned and shot a bunch of tikka rifles and have not seen one that walked during a 3 or 5 shot string?

Maybe the stock is a brick on the browning and the barrel profile is a lot thinner...
 
DMS1 said:
I haven't seen one of these guns, and I'm not sure what the barrel profile is, but the 6ish pounds and 20" barrel seems very similar to a tikka T3. I have owned and shot a bunch of tikka rifles and have not seen one that walked during a 3 or 5 shot string?

Maybe the stock is a brick on the browning and the barrel profile is a lot thinner...
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My neighbor had a T3 lite in 25-06, it walked after the first or 2nd round, every time, with a few types of factory ammo, I seen the targets, at least it was consistently inconsistent after the first round.

It did sell quickly however, and he went to a TC venture in 7-08 and has no regrets on getting rid of it.

After a few of these stories, I personally will pass on the pencil barrel, they serve a purpose, lightweight when you only need one shot, maybe two at most, I'm just not interested if it can't be accurate for a third or fourth.
 
MustangFrank said:
You must be shooting at 5-600 yards to have 100 yd sight in 3" high. Also wondering how you can sight in a rifle without a group to measure. One shot group ?

I have a Hell's Canyon speed in 300 WM. It has the thin fluted barrel with muzzle brake. It is very effective but very loud. The problem with the very thin barrel in a hot caliber is you will not get good groups as the barrel starts to wander after two shots. I am going to free float the barrel more as a winter project. So yes, I shoot one shot groups until the barrel completely cools down. If you want to shoot small groups get the heavier barrelled version but then you have to carry it around in the mountains all day. That can suck. And its longer. But awesome.
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As I said, just bought it in the middle of hunting season, so I sighted in to my preference, if I have to shoot 500-600 yards I will. I'm more concerned with what the first shot does as opposed to my 4th or 5th. If you've missed with your first, you're likely just throwing lead.

We have no mountains where I hunt just flat ass prairie, you could shoot a mile or miles if you wanted to. If I do my part, There's no game here that I could miss sighted in 3" high at 100 yards at 100 yards, 200 yards, 300 yards, 400 yards. After that I'm calibrating and adjusting. And yes I do know my yardages due to my range finding binos....

The 6.5 came with a muzzle brake, not sure why for such a small cartridge. I have one on my 30-378 Weatherby, which it definitely needs as that thing is punishing.
 
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