Browning Abolts.

[starmac]

Any pro's and con's? There is one for sale here locally that happens to have the bolt on the right side, and in a caliber that I don't have.
HMMM if I don't have to work tomorrow, I just may have to have it, and find out for myself. lol

[Lloyd Smale]

ive got an abolt in 300wsm and its a real good shooting gun.

[buckwheatpaul]

Had one in 338 Win Mag.....excellent.....only sold it when I quite Elk hunting......Highly recommend them....

[Jailer]

Got one in 30-06 and it's very accurate.

[starmac]

Well I picked it up this morning. It is a left handed Abolt, synthetic stock and stainless 375 h and h with a 3x9 bosh and laumb and iron sights (which I like).
It also had 5 boxes of ammo and 60 brass, a box of hornady 270 gr interlocks and rcbs dies. So I should be good to play with it some.

I already had 2 or 3 hundred jwords that I had picked up at an auction and I stopped at a garage sale and picked up a box of brass with 3 unfired rounds for 2 bucks, on the way back. lol.

I have read on here several times that the 375 does well with cast, sooo now I will need a mold.

[starmac]

Thanks for the info on the molds.
I didn't realize they made the abolt in 12 guage.

[rollmyown]

I bought one in 270 when I was 18 or 19. They were new out. It shot great. I didn't like the glossy stock so it eventually got sold on.
Actually I was 16. I can remember being annoyed that K Mart would not sell me ammo they had on sale for it (store policy) even though the legal age for purchase was 16 at the time.

[Three44s]

Got one in .25-06 and it's a tack driver!

You are in good country for a .375 H&H ....... good on you!!


Three 44s

[338RemUltraMag]

I love my 25-06 A-Bolt, one of my best shooting guns... Period

[Moonie]

My first center fire rifle was an A-Bolt in 7mm Remington Mag. This was one year before the BOSS system came out, it was a tack driver. It was also stainless with synthetic stock.

[crawfobj]

One I my first center fires was/is a browning Eurobolt in 7mm mag. Oil finish stock and a slightly different bolt handle. It's a tack driver too and has accounted for both of my bull elk with hand loaded j words.

It handles great, and I now have a 7mm-08 for its little brother. I seem to have a thing for 7mms.

[Marvin S]

Got a walnut stocked one in 30-06 with a Leopold 3x9. Makes a great classic bolt rifle.

[warboar_21]

My father bought me a Rem 700 bdl in 243Win when I was 15. I shot my first deer and my first elk with it. My neighbor insisted if he was going to continue hunting with him that I get a caliber more suited for elk. I sold the 243 and bought a Browning A bolt Hunter in 7mm Rem Mag. I really liked the rifle and wished I had kept it. I ended up selling it when I moved back east to IN where it was shotgun only to hunt deer.