Browning A-Bolt

my hunting buddy had one freeze up in the extreem cold
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It's quite obvious that the rifle wasn't properly prepared for cold weather (Hope it didn't cost him a trophy) I don't own an A-bolt, but the ones I've handled look good and fit nicely when shouldered. I also like the short bolt lift...KF
 
They are good but expensive factory rifles... we sighted in 17 rifles yesterday and the best shooter and nicest to shoot out of them all was a Browning A-bolt. :|
 
I had decided to buy a Tika-3 lite. When I got to the store and shouldered it I knew I didn't want it. I found the A-Bolt a far more comfortable fit and it's performance is very good.
 
My most accurate/consistant rifle is an old A-Bolt Hunter in 22/250. It fits me well and is lightweight. The short action fits a Leupold 2x7 perfectly.

The only things I don't like about the A-Bolts is the mag set up, (A simpler system like the 700 would be more to my liking), and the stock is too small for larger calibers. My 22/250 has a bigger/thicker buttstock stock than the 375H&H I once owned. The recoil pads are harder than a frozen hockey puck. :rolleyes:



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Okay, even though this thread is ~ 18 months old, I'll jump in. Have had several A-Bolts... currently only have one... A 'composite stalker' in .300 Win Mag. Will put three shots into a clover leaf at 100 yards with my pet load of 70 grains of IMR 4350 behind a 180 grain soft point, if I do my part. She's a "keeper"... ;) :rockOn:
 
It is amazing what 18 months will do .................... :rolleyes:

When this thread was first started I gave my feelings on the rifle based on 2 previous A-Bolts I had owned. (Both were the originals, not the A-Bolt II) Both caused me grief when it came to feeding from the magazine as well as being "noisy" as the damn mags would rattle when you walked.

Shortly after this thread was first posted I had the desire to try out the .300 wsm and see if it was as good - or bad - as some people had claimed. As luck would have it the first rifle posted in the buy & sell chambered for 300 wsm was the A-Bolt that Martinbns had mentioned early in this thread. :)

Soon after Canada Post delivered it I had the little rifle printing honest 1/2" 3 shot groups at 100m with 165 grain Accubonds. I hunted the rifle hard last fall and shot 2 mulies and a whitetail with it. I packed the rifle on literally dozens of hunts when I took a few buddies out. All in all in temperatures that ranged from 25c to -32c and in rain, snow and wind the rifle never faultered. It feeds cleanly, doesn't rattle and holds it's accuracy well.

It is now sitting in the safe that is reserved for rifles I have no plans on trading off or selling. :D
 
All through the late 60's and 70's I never liked Fords and drove nothing but GM and Dodge muscle cars ... thought white line spacers on firearms were probably O.K. and was sorry to see the good Winchesters out of prduction.

Muscle cars are pretty much gone, and so is Winchester ... hate white line spacers and automatic safeties ...and still don't like Fords ... but have expanded my horizons to colour case hardening, double triggers and redheads.

Times change. A-bolts aren't so bad.
 
I have a A-Bolt in 300 win mag that I have had since they replaced the BBR..it's never let me down...kicks like a mule...bought it when I didn't know any better..
 
I got rid of all my other 30.06's when I got my hands on to my Gold Medallion A-Bolt, it shoots great, handles great, and incouraged me to have a custom built on a BBR set-up (not quite an A-Bolt, slightly heavier, and stronger, and much older).
Which I think I'll have back in my hands later today.:D :D :D

I'll never get rid of my Brownings, I'd sooner starve:eek: , but that wouldn't happen for obvious reasons:rolleyes: . (hunting rifle and game uhm?)
 
I'm thinning my CF rifles down, probably to two, a .30-30 lever and one bolt gun. My plain-jane original A-bolt Hunter in .280, which I've had since '92 or '93, stays. It's accurate and durable, and I like the 60-degree bolt lift, and even the magazine system, though that takes getting used to. The trigger is good enough to use without replacing it. I like the recessed muzzle, it can help protect the bore from clumsy owners. My only complaint is that I'd like it to be a bit prettier; I'd like to have wraparound checkering (for function) and a grip cap and ebony forend tip. But as a good, dependable hunting firearm, I like it a lot.
 
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