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Browning X Bolt

  • 23-04-2011 9:19pm
    #1
    vixdname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭


    Lads,
    I was looking at rifles today for stalking next season and my local dealer showed me a "Browning X Bolt" with black synthetic stock and stainless barrel.
    Have any of ye every shot \ used one of these rifles or know anything about them, good or bad ?

    Its either that or the Tikka T3 Lite that I'm looking at.....for now !

    Your opinions would be good to hear ?

    Thanks lads.


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  • #2
    Tackleberrywho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    vixdname wrote: »
    Lads,
    I was looking at rifles today for stalking next season and my local dealer showed me a "Browning X Bolt" with black synthetic stock and stainless barrel.
    Have any of ye every shot \ used one of these rifles or know anything about them, good or bad ?

    Its either that or the Tikka T3 Lite that I'm looking at.....for now !

    Your opinions would be good to hear ?

    Thanks lads.

    If I had a choice I'd go Tikka, simply as they are tried and tested. (and easy sell if you want to trade up to something fancy like a Blaser)
    But I'd put an Edi graef stock on it.
    GSXR1000 on here has a lovely Tikka in one of those Green Stocks.


  • #3
    Xplor.er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭Xplor.er


    when i was looking for a 270 is was looking at the x-bolt too, lovely feel to it, but not knowing much about them i decided to pass, got a winchester model 70 instead


  • #4
    vixdname
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭vixdname


    Xplor.er wrote: »
    when i was looking for a 270 is was looking at the x-bolt too, lovely feel to it, but not knowing much about them i decided to pass, got a winchester model 70 instead

    I'm kind of thinking the same way xplor.er - the tried and tested Tikka is looking like the most likely candidate !


  • #5
    Hunterjohnb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭Hunterjohnb


    vixdname wrote: »
    I'm kind of thinking the same way xplor.er - the tried and tested Tikka is looking like the most likely candidate !

    Hello Vixdname, had a Tikka M695 for a number of years and decided to update it to a T3 Lite. In my opinion it is not a good rifle.I got rid of it after 1 season. Could not get any sort of reasonable 3shot group with it. There was always a flier. Browning have been producing rifles for as long as Tikka. Their stuff is usually very reliabe.


  • #6
    Xplor.er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 200 ✭✭Xplor.er


    Hunterjohnb wrote: »
    Hello Vixdname, had a Tikka M695 for a number of years and decided to update it to a T3 Lite. In my opinion it is not a good rifle.I got rid of it after 1 season. Could not get any sort of reasonable 3shot group with it. There was always a flier. Browning have been producing rifles for as long as Tikka. Their stuff is usually very reliabe.

    its not to often i hear anything bad about tikka, is the m695 an older model, never neard of it.
    the browning could be a bit risky as i dont know anyone who has one.
    could be briliant or could be s**t, had a browning semi-auto shotgun and it was as unreliable as my local FO.


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  • #7
    zeissman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭zeissman


    Hunterjohnb wrote: »
    Hello Vixdname, had a Tikka M695 for a number of years and decided to update it to a T3 Lite. In my opinion it is not a good rifle.I got rid of it after 1 season. Could not get any sort of reasonable 3shot group with it. There was always a flier. Browning have been producing rifles for as long as Tikka. Their stuff is usually very reliabe.

    My first stalking rifle was a tikka M695 in 6.5x55 and it was a great rifle.
    The tikka M695 and the sako 75 in the 270, 6.5x55 action size had a heavier barrel than the current T3 and Sako 85 models.
    I wonder if that makes a difference.


  • #8
    diveshark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭diveshark


    vixdname wrote: »
    Lads,
    I was looking at rifles today for stalking next season and my local dealer showed me a "Browning X Bolt" with black synthetic stock and stainless barrel.
    Have any of ye every shot \ used one of these rifles or know anything about them, good or bad ?

    Its either that or the Tikka T3 Lite that I'm looking at.....for now !

    Your opinions would be good to hear ?

    Thanks lads.

    Not an X bolt but...
    I have the Browning A bolt in .308 with synthetic stock and .22in barrel and Zeiss duralyt scope. I struggled to get it to group without mod on it, jumped a lot. Have a roedale delta mod on it now and its sweet! It’s a really neat gun for stalking and the composite stock has a great feel to it. Really happy with the gun and its shooting great and accurately, would recommend no problem. I was looking at the tikka but it was a couple of hundred more expensive so went with the abolt.

    best of luck with the purchase.


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