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I have been looking at a Browning A Bolt in 300 WSM, blued set in a composite stock. This rifle is brand new in the box. Never been fired or had a scope mounted. What would this rifle be worth. Yes it is the A-Bolt and not the X-Bolt
 
The Shooting Edge is listing 'em at $979. Shooter's Choice in Waterloo wants $900. $1300 for an A-Bolt Target. There's nothing special about A-Bolts.
If you buy the thing, buy as much brass as you can too.
 
Ignore everything in sunray's post, as usual.

An ABolt 3 sells for around $600 at most retailers it seems. The older ones had a bit of a different magazine/hinge system and didn't have the push button on the bolt to open with the safety on. Brass is and will be plentiful for the 300 WSM.

Basically, I wouldn't pay over $600 for any blued/synthetic ABolt. There's nothing wrong with them, they're good guns and generally pretty accurate. I hunted everything with a first year ABolt for many years.
 
bearkilr said:
An ABolt 3 sells for around $600 at most retailers it seems. The older ones had a bit of a different magazine/hinge system and didn't have the push button on the bolt to open with the safety on. Brass is and will be plentiful for the 300 WSM.
Basically, I wouldn't pay over $600 for any blued/synthetic ABolt. There's nothing wrong with them, they're good guns and generally pretty accurate.
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I have never heard of an A-bolt-III, an A-bolt II yes, but a III , nope no such beast.
As for the push button you speak of that when depressed with the safety on allowing to open the bolt a remove round in the chamber is the X-bolt or the current generation of the Browning bolt action rifles.
A-bolts are still available , but in limited calibers and models (Medallions and/or Hunters)
$750.00 is steep for a used gun and yes I understand that you are the second owner and it has never been mounted or fired.
Leaves a few dollars to for wiggle room.
WSM will be around for a long time to come.
Tight Groups,
Rob
 
FLHTCUI said:
I have never heard of an A-bolt-III, an A-bolt II yes, but a III , nope no such beast.
As for the push button you speak of that when depressed with the safety on allowing to open the bolt a remove round in the chamber is the X-bolt or the current generation of the Browning bolt action rifles.
A-bolts are still available , but in limited calibers and models (Medallions and/or Hunters)
$750.00 is steep for a used gun and yes I understand that you are the second owner and it has never been mounted or fired.
Leaves a few dollars to for wiggle room.
WSM will be around for a long time to come.
Tight Groups,
Rob
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The AB3 (A-Bolt 3) is a new "affordable" rifle version from Browning:

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FLHTCUI said:
I have never heard of an A-bolt-III, an A-bolt II yes, but a III , nope no such beast.
As for the push button you speak of that when depressed with the safety on allowing to open the bolt a remove round in the chamber is the X-bolt or the current generation of the Browning bolt action rifles.
A-bolts are still available , but in limited calibers and models (Medallions and/or Hunters)
$750.00 is steep for a used gun and yes I understand that you are the second owner and it has never been mounted or fired.
Leaves a few dollars to for wiggle room.
WSM will be around for a long time to come.
Tight Groups,
Rob
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AB3- A-Bolt 3
Current production and has push button.

And where did you come up with the asking price of $750 ?
 
I stand corrected gentlemen.
Thank you for pointing that out.
For some reason I have not seen this one on the West Coast.
Again bearkilr and stickhunter Thank you for informing me of my error.
I will actively search one of these out to better educate myself on the Browning line of Great Firearms.
Tight Groups,
Rob
 
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FLHTCUI said:
I stand corrected gentlemen.
Thank you for pointing that out.
For some reason I have not seen this one on the West Coast.
Again bearkilr and stickhunter Thank you for informing me of my error.
I will actively search one of these out to better educate myself on the Browning line of Great Firearms.
Tight Groups,
Rob
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I don't think the Abolt is all that popular anymore since the Xbolt has come out.
Aside from the silly button bolt, I think it's a much nicer gun than any year Abolt.
 
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The A boltII stalker is (was) the lowest priced A bolt and in 2012 sold for about $750 and maybe $40 more the WSM models or about $300 less than the stainless stalker. WSS has a special on the A BoltII of $780 for the hunter Fld model which is a wood stock with monte-carlo cheekpiece. IMO the best looking and feeling of the A Bolt stocks. This price is for the 300WSM. You can take it from there.

Neilm
 
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