Browning T-Bolt

I had one for a week. Handled well, shot accurately, fed reliably. Then the chintzy plastic "gold" plate on the plastic trigger started to flake off. I can't stand cheap shortcuts in firearms design. Especially not in one priced as a premium. I returned it for a full refund. - and bought an Anschutz.
 
have one ,love it, 2000 + rounds through it this year

nylon tip is for paper, use 17gr hp for gophers

anyone seen and good pricing on ammo?
 
Have one in 22LR in left hand bolt, right hand eject. Nice action, well built gun with very good wood. Trigger was pretty good straight out of the box.

Unlike most of my other 22s, shoots Stingers very well, under an inch at 50 yards. Shoots Winchester Expert under .5" at 50 yards. Can't ask for better accurracy than that out of a sporter weight gun.
 
I have one in .22lr, got it shortly after they came out. Had to look at a few to find one with decent (certainly not great) wood. Trigger is okay, accuracy is quite good with a lot of different non-premium loadings. The magazine is different and interesting, and loads easily. It was tough to find a good-looking set of steel scope rings, as opposed to the crappy-looking aluminum Browning ones, and I finally wound up using a set of Leupold bases reversed (front one in back and vice-versa) with Leupold rings.

The rifle handles well and looks good with a compact scope on it. The straight-pull action isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if you like it you REALLY like it! Overall I'm satisfied enough that I am even considering a HB version in .17HMR.

p.s. I almost forgot to add this: The fragile-looking spring visible in the action which tensions/ejects the magazine (not the magazine's internal spring) has worried me from the first day that I got the gun. It hasn't caused any problems so far (maybe 3500 rounds) but every time I look at it I'm expecting it to break. I'm also not crazy about the plastic triggerguard.
 
Thanks guys --- appreciate your input. I'v been looking for a decent .22lr for a while now. Tried a couple of CZ's -- nice guns but Ihad to mount the scope so high that they were un-comfortable to shoot. Tried the Rem mod 5. -- the gun shot well but in order to get the trigger adjusted nicely, the satety wouldn't work.
Cheers
 
The plastic trigger guard is a deal killer for me. I don't think it is an acceptable manufacturing shortcut for a rifle in its price bracket. If they were to lose that and the plated trigger, they would be a nice rifle.
 
Grouser said:
Thanks guys --- appreciate your input. I'v been looking for a decent .22lr for a while now. Tried a couple of CZ's -- nice guns but Ihad to mount the scope so high that they were un-comfortable to shoot. Tried the Rem mod 5. -- the gun shot well but in order to get the trigger adjusted nicely, the satety wouldn't work.
Cheers
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Lower Burris rings work wonderful with the smaller eyepiece of Leupolds 2-7x32mm scopes. The problem with most scopes is the ocular is too large to clear the CZ's bolt. Try it, honest it works great. :)
 
Triple 000 steel wool and some Hoppes number 9. Takes off the rust and leaves the Blue if you rub nice and light. Won't even leave scratches.
 
Longwalker said:
I had one for a week. Handled well, shot accurately, fed reliably. Then the chintzy plastic "gold" plate on the plastic trigger started to flake off. I can't stand cheap shortcuts in firearms design. Especially not in one priced as a premium. I returned it for a full refund. - and bought an Anschutz.
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Plastic trigger:cool: ......you did the right thing
 
glock has been using a lot of plastic for a while with success, and the varmints don't know the difference


my 17hmr
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fancy t-bolt

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luck
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I have 3 t-bolts. Two are older than me (and probably most guys here). 2 RH and 1 LF for my son. I'll never sell them. I'm looking at the .22WMR Varmit. Haven't had one in my hands yet, so I can't comment on the trigger / guard. I'll let you know.
 
Looked at all the heavy barrel .22WMR and .17HMR rifles I could get my hands on yesterday, including the T-Bolt. The t-bolt is a beautiful rifle. Many, MANY rifles have plastic trigger guards. Brownings almost always have gold triggers. Corny? Maybe. Deal breaker? That's up to you.

What I finally decided on was the CZ-452 Varmint in .17HMR. It was more reasonably priced ($500 to $570 vs $740 to $850). Now I know I'm going to get asked "Why .17HMR?" Well, I have many .22LRs, so don't need another one. I have a .223 Remington that's a tack driver. My dad has a 77/22 in .22WMR. I wanted my own "mag" for varmints. Take a look at the following link and see what you think.

http://www.varmintal.com/17hmr.htm

Don't run out and buy a .22WMR or .17HMR just to have one, escpecially is you have a good .22LR - even more so if you have a .22LR and something like a .223. The .22WMR and .17HMR are what I'd called "grey area" calibers. .22LR is cheaper to shoot, but not quite as versatile (bigger game, longer shots.) .223 more versatile, but more expesive, too.

In the end, go buy what you like and be damned to what anyone else says!
 
Thanks guys,
Yes, the CZ should be an option but the ones I'v seen had to have the rings so high to clear the bolt, they seemed unstable for me to shoot offhand --- not enough cheek contact to give a stable platform.
Cheers.
 
Grouser said:
Yes, the CZ should be an option but the ones I'v seen had to have the rings so high to clear the bolt, they seemed unstable for me to shoot offhand --- not enough cheek contact to give a stable platform.
Cheers.
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LOL That's funny, since I spent the day running around trying to find rings to fit. It's a common problem, not just with clearing the bolt, but getting the scope to clear the barrel. Medium isn't high enough and high is too high! ;) I eventually went with a smaller 3-9x scope and the medium works great. No lifting your head off the stock to shoot!
 
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