Is the Browning titanium a good light weight hunter?

[Weatherby2]

Was thinking of purchasing one of these thoughts? Or is Kimber Montana a better purchase?

 

[Buckmastr]

I'd sure like one in 270wsm or 7-08. I have good confidence that the Brownings will have good accuracy. Hard to find though.

 

[cody c]

You'll get mixed direction on this, but my opinion is the browning will likely be slight more accurate and reliable whereas the adirondack will be 2 ounces maybe lighter to carry, you don't specify which Kimber though...

What are you needs exactly? Personally I'd take an A-bolt titanium.

 

[Weatherby2]

I believe the titanium was the model name, not the material of the action. You'll get mixed direction on this, but my opinion is the browning will likely be slight more accurate and reliable whereas the lumber will be lighter to carry, you don't specify which lumber though...

What are you needs exactly

I was thinking the Montana

 

[cody c]

I believe the Montana is heavier. I edited my post, that rifle is out of production now but was apparently made from titanium, I thought it was just the model name.

 

[pete dobinson]

Was thinking of purchasing one of these thoughts? Or is Kimber Montana a better purchase?

I like the Brownings but I also like Kimbers. Do yourself a favour, go shoulder a Kimber 84L.

 

[rar]

I was told Weatherby is making a titanium action rifle for 2020.

 

[cody c]

I was told Weatherby is making a titanium action rifle for 2020.

Thats cool, i hadn't seen than one. Looks like 4.9lbs, $3400USD, but that is a really light rifle.

The Kimber Montana in contrast is about $2200 and weighs 5.125 roughly.

Not sure where the OP is getting the browning from, but they were listed at $1950USD new, weighing 5.31


I owned an A-bolt for a while, I had it rebarreled to a heavy barrel and heavy thumbhole stock for long range shooting, and then hardly used it. I should have kept it stock, the action was great and it was accurate, my younger brother has one in 300WM and its all he wants and probably all he will ever hunt with, taken lots of game at ranges that sound like tall stories on the internet with it. I would go with the titanium A-bolt if I was the OP.

 

[rifleman762]

I was told Weatherby is making a titanium action rifle for 2020.

The 6.5 RPM cartridge looks pretty cool, too. A stretched 6.5-284 to take full advantage of a long action but small diameter receiver.

 

[DMS1]

I just checked out the weatherbee Backcountry, looks like a pretty nice set up. $3400us is definite show stopper though.

The browning looks nice too, but for almost $2K you could put a tikka superlite or a Remington model 7 in a wildcat and be lighter for less $$

Edit - the browning is 5.3lb, lighter than I thought...

 

[FoymountFarm]

They are a very nice rifle. I've had them in 308 Win (top) and 270WSM (bottom two). They are nimble and accurate. In my experience, by the time I hit the field with them (scope, bases/rings, sling and loaded) they were right around 8 lbs.

 

[cody c]

Hmm. You could go ultra light with the 6 ounce leupold and two ounce galleys and probably keep it under 6 lbs without a sling.

Does look like a pencil barrel, is probably prefer the fluted barrel like on their Carbon fluted model and compromise weight slightly.