Browning T-Bolt in competition?

I've only seen one in real life at the maple seed I shot. Buddy didn't pass but not sure if thats the guns fault. I passed with a 13" scorpio.

I've only ever seen 2 on the EE. Not a super common model, doubt the bolt will be the cause of any score issues downrange at an event.
 
I'm eyeballing a TBolt Target, but all the vids i see the shooters rip that bolt back pretty hard, im concerned with the loss of target sight in timed stages (not that I'm a great competitor and it may mean a diff in my score :rolleyes:)
anyway its hardly the gentle bolt throw of the biathlon skiers
 
Overthinking it my guy!

You can try cycling it gentler when you own one and see how reliable that is.

It cant be WORSE than a rough bolt action - worst case you've still removed the torque from the equation.
 
I've shot a couple of t-bolts. Fun in the gopher fields, but if I was going in a competition and wanted a non-bolt action I'd get the Fortner action Anschutz APR.
 
The wife has one that belonged to my dad. Might have a couple thousand rounds fired and it still takes quite a lot of force to cycle. I hope it will smooth out eventually but starting to wonder how long it'll take...
It wouldn't be at all easy to keep your sight picture while running it as it is.
 
I have owned an old Belgian original t bolt and it was a deluxe model. The action on it was waaay smoother than the new models made today. I own a SS laminate in 17 HMR that resides in Saskatchewan for my annual gopher trip. It’s accurate but very crude bolt cycling. It would definitely be a very poor choice for competition!! As mentioned the Fortner is super slick but at $10K in the APR model not really for everyone’s wallet!
 
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rhino519 said:
anyone running Tbolt in ORPS or CRPS? the bolt throw in vids looks pretty forceful.
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With those comps, ideally shoot what you have. If you already own one, then bring it out and shoot it. If you are considering buying one specifically for those m'atches, then have a look at what others are using. You will see a theme of CZ's and Tikka's as well as Savage Mark 2 / B22 on the lower ens.

Bolt throw aside, you would need to find a way to add some weight to that stock as well. I had a friend using a T-Bolt for Silhouette and it was lovely, but that's a much slowe pace and all freehand so the mechanics were not an issue.

Also consider the availably and cost of additional magazines
 
I had a t bolt, nice rifle, cocking is stiffer than a bolt because of the shortness of the cocking motion and the lug kind of snaps into place over a short distance instead of swinging nicely into place like a bolt, not a better operation than a bolt IMO but still I thought it was cool
 
I think alot of it is the stuff firing pin spring in the Tbolt, I haven't tried sourcing a lower power one for mine yet to see if it improves things, but I will one of these days lol.
Wren you work the bolt out of the rifle, it takes very little to open/close it.
 
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