Question on the Browning BOSS
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I have the Eclipse M1000 with the BOSS in 300WM and a Zeiss 6.5-20x50 tactical mildot scope. I love it. Initially it was a bit of a pain to find the "sweet spot" with my reloaded ammo. I shoot 180 grain and 150 grain boat tail bullets. I just know that the 180 grain ammo requires the BOSS set at 5.2, and the 150 grain ammo needs a setting of 6.7. No guess work once you have it figured out. With either ammo and the BOSS set correctly I put 10 rounds in a 2-3 inch circle at 400yds. Good enough for me. At the range I use the regular BOSS and out hunting I put on the BOSS-CR, which makes the gun quieter, but adds some recoil. I hardly notice - the gun weighs 11.5lbs with all accessories. I am a big guy and I don't care. The accuracy-advantage is quite substantial with the BOSS. You realize it when you actually turn it 1-1.5 units out of its sweet spot.
If you are a fairly small (no offence) this gun is not for you, at least not for hunting. Long hikes can be a pain with this gun. On a sling it makes my shoulder sore. I have a special back-pack to carry it up the mountain for hunting, but I hike only 5 miles before I set up and wait for animals.
If you are a fairly small (no offence) this gun is not for you, at least not for hunting. Long hikes can be a pain with this gun. On a sling it makes my shoulder sore. I have a special back-pack to carry it up the mountain for hunting, but I hike only 5 miles before I set up and wait for animals.
A Browning A-bolt with the boss in 338 had to be the shortest owned rifle I have ever bought. I think I kept it for less than a week. Hated it! fugly lump on the end of the barrel, noisy, took 25+ rounds to find the sweet spot. (shot decent once I found it) Plus that abortion magazine arrangement and a terrible trigger just added up to too many strikes. In my Remington 700 Classic in 300 Savage, I had a sub-moa group in less than 10 rounds. Nuff said. If you like them, have at 'er. Not for me though. Eagleye.
whoever camplains about noise, should be shoting a sling shot, guns are loud, put in earplugs, when our hunting and you take your shot, you dont even notice, and for the shorter barrel less velocity, thats bs. i have a with my boss i have crony'd factoy ammo 75 fps faster then listed on the box and handloaded 100-120 fps faster then all my reloading books which were done with longer barrels. for the boss i enjoyed finding the sweet spot and used well over 50 rounds playing around with it to see what it would do and found a "deadly sweet spot". its all personall opinion, if you dont like it you dont like it if you do you do
Muzzle brakes typically increase the noise to the shooter by 5 to 10 decibels.An increase of 10 decibels means that the sound intensity is increased 10 times.That is a huge difference.
http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/Decibel.html
It depends on the barrel length that the ammunition manufacturer used to arrive at it's rating.
I could easily handload to 100fps to 150fps faster than the manuals even with a shorter barrel if I didn't care about excessive chamber pressure, or the results of excessive chamber pressure.
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- Regina, SK
Browning ships two attachments with their BOSS equipped rifles, one a muzzle brake, one without brake. Yes the brake is loud but with factory loads it is damn accurate.
Try one, you won't be disappointed.
Try one, you won't be disappointed.
I've owned and own a few Brownings... I personally think that they make a nice looking rifle ( Medallion) and find them to be acceptably accurate... The only thing better for accuracy that I own in a factory rifle is my Sako. Now I'm not going to run down to the range and shoot a few rounds in on a peice of paper with any of my rifles to prove how good it (or me) shoots. And I don't shoot gongs, I shoot animals for food. And if I don't eat it I share it with those who appreciate it, or need it. So the Brownings I've owned have always come through in delivering the goods in all kinds of nasty conditions. That's probably one of the most critical factors to those who hunt regularily...
I'm not necessarily totally dedicated to Brownings, I have a few other "brands" and know the good and not so good in all of them. It always comes down to the fatal question: "Will this rifle, (with it's preferred load) delivery the goods when called upon to do so"...? If the answer is yes, then it's a keeper. Unless a close friend bugs me enough to buy it off me. If any rifle of any brand is too problematic to dial in; or, it fails in the field I move on.
I've never owned a Browning with a Boss but those whom I know who own them, have been more then satisfied with the results they have found. I don't have any reason to doubt them as their freezers are usually full. So I think I would pick one up, and use the Boss-CR with factory ammo. I personally don't have the time to re-load and could care less what anyone thinks about that. Recoil is something that one adjusts to as one shoots more often, so that's not a big deal to me.
At the end of the day, the Brownings are still cheaper then a $4,000 (or more) custom rifle. Lets just hope that they keep making Left hand rifles because that is one of the reasons that I bought them.
I'm not necessarily totally dedicated to Brownings, I have a few other "brands" and know the good and not so good in all of them. It always comes down to the fatal question: "Will this rifle, (with it's preferred load) delivery the goods when called upon to do so"...? If the answer is yes, then it's a keeper. Unless a close friend bugs me enough to buy it off me. If any rifle of any brand is too problematic to dial in; or, it fails in the field I move on.
I've never owned a Browning with a Boss but those whom I know who own them, have been more then satisfied with the results they have found. I don't have any reason to doubt them as their freezers are usually full. So I think I would pick one up, and use the Boss-CR with factory ammo. I personally don't have the time to re-load and could care less what anyone thinks about that. Recoil is something that one adjusts to as one shoots more often, so that's not a big deal to me.
At the end of the day, the Brownings are still cheaper then a $4,000 (or more) custom rifle. Lets just hope that they keep making Left hand rifles because that is one of the reasons that I bought them.
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Of course they are cheaper than a $4000 custom rifle,and they don't offer what a $4000 custom rifle offers either.A $4000 rifle offers high end stocks like McMillan or Robertson Composites,in your choice of stock design,built to your choice of measurements, with pillar bedding,the choice of barrel manufacturer, length and contour of barrel,the choice of rate of twist,a high end trigger like a jewel,all hand fitted by a skilled gunbuilder.The custom guns that I have had built,all cost less than $3000,yet not one of the gunbuilders that I dealt with sent me a rifle that wouldn't shoot 1/2" or better at 100 yards.
Nothing against Browning, my favorite shotgun is the Browning Citori, but there is a reason that Browning rifles don't cost $4000,it's because they aren't worth $4000.
