I'll be putting this on a few sites, since it seems nobody has a thorough review of this rifle.
Finally, I got to feild test it today. I'll post pics when I get the developed. Let me say, this rifle is awesome. It was such a pleasure to use. First I'll say, conditions were hardly perfect. I was dealing with Chinook winds, blowing left to right averaging 30 to 40 KpH with gusts on top of that. My "Rest" consisted of my cowboy hat on the roof of the car. it was all that was available. After the initial sighting in at 50 yards, which took four shots, the following group was pretty good I'd say. 5 shots measure 2 cm apart at the furthest, edge to edge. Two shots are in the same hole. Two shots are overlapping figure eight style, and one opened it up. The group of four is a true sub half inch center to center. Overall maximum group, edge to edge is about 3/4 of an inch at 50 yards. This was using Winchester Dynapoints. The hunting performance of the rifle was outstanding. First, that bolt was awesome for fast followup shots. I was using my fore finger to open and thumb to close, in half the time of a conventional bolt. As for the stock design, I've read alot of folks don't like the porportions of the stock. I'll tell you this. We were also using a Savage MKII. The slim design of the Browning helped when firing offhand against the wind. The Savage blew all over the place. The Double Helix magazine is still up in the air. I never had one failure to feed, but after only a few hours out there, the plastic ahead of the feed rails was starting to look a little rough. I hope this won't be a problem, as I haven't found a replacment yet. The rifle itself was real nice to carry. The lite weight made huffing it around a breeze. All in all, i'm very pleased with the rifle, and am looking foward to getting it down to the range with a real rest and a variety of ammo. A few dozen gophers would attest to it's ability
Finally, I got to feild test it today. I'll post pics when I get the developed. Let me say, this rifle is awesome. It was such a pleasure to use. First I'll say, conditions were hardly perfect. I was dealing with Chinook winds, blowing left to right averaging 30 to 40 KpH with gusts on top of that. My "Rest" consisted of my cowboy hat on the roof of the car. it was all that was available. After the initial sighting in at 50 yards, which took four shots, the following group was pretty good I'd say. 5 shots measure 2 cm apart at the furthest, edge to edge. Two shots are in the same hole. Two shots are overlapping figure eight style, and one opened it up. The group of four is a true sub half inch center to center. Overall maximum group, edge to edge is about 3/4 of an inch at 50 yards. This was using Winchester Dynapoints. The hunting performance of the rifle was outstanding. First, that bolt was awesome for fast followup shots. I was using my fore finger to open and thumb to close, in half the time of a conventional bolt. As for the stock design, I've read alot of folks don't like the porportions of the stock. I'll tell you this. We were also using a Savage MKII. The slim design of the Browning helped when firing offhand against the wind. The Savage blew all over the place. The Double Helix magazine is still up in the air. I never had one failure to feed, but after only a few hours out there, the plastic ahead of the feed rails was starting to look a little rough. I hope this won't be a problem, as I haven't found a replacment yet. The rifle itself was real nice to carry. The lite weight made huffing it around a breeze. All in all, i'm very pleased with the rifle, and am looking foward to getting it down to the range with a real rest and a variety of ammo. A few dozen gophers would attest to it's ability
