Why not Browning for long distance precision?

22 precision said:
I think one shot king got it 1.5 moa is excellent for hunting with big heavy round nose bullets that knock things down but when your talking precision or target shooting you need much better precision and you will be able to find gun smiths to change barrels when needed and to do trigger jobs to but they were never intended for that purpose and will cost more to get the work done for something that may work as good or not if I hade the money I might try that a bolt from the browning custom shop that's designed for target get a trigger job and bedded and see what happens but you are probably better off to go with what is commonly performing well
but if non one tries anything new nothing will change and no one will know its just that the target game is nothing like the precision hunting rifle the best target rifle makes a terrible hunting rifle and vice versa
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Precision capitals and punctuation could be a good hobby away from the range.
 
A new shooter joined us this year and he has been using a factory Browning target-ish rifle (.308, with a fairly heavy ~28" stainless barrel). He has been shooting it as an FTR rifle, off of a Harris bipod. He shot our Provincials with it, and last weekend he shot an 800m + 2x900m match with it. It shoots very nicely, from 300m to 900m.
 
I'm shooting an A-bolt Target in .308 Win
Absolutely no complaints about it. I really like the 9 oz set trigger.
If I do things right, it will shoot .75 MOA. I've only seriously shot targets to 300 m., but the other day my nephew and I were smacking rocks at a lasered range of 478 yds pretty well. 168 Sierra BTHP match bullet and XBR 8208 powder (42.9 gr)
Scoped with a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x44 on an EGW 20 moa base
 
I shot a match this weekend and a fellow with a Browning A-bolt won F-class. We shot 500m, 600m X2 for score and it was a little windy. He shot a 161. It's a 26 inch blued varmint weight barrel. Laminate thumbhole stock. Not sure of the exact model. I think he has a Leupold hunting scope on it and a Caldwell type bipod under it. It shoots.
 
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