Thread: Committed to new rifle, now which one?

Originally Posted by MattyP

Went through this recently myself. Ordered an X-Bolt. Yes, I know it isn't on your list but to me the other two went out the window as soon as I tried it. Have a play.

Note: haven't shot any of them, just played with them in shops.

Cheers man, not at all meaning to offend but I can't stand the X Bolt and A Bolts, to me they feel like plastic toys. I know a few blokes that are good hunters who swear by theirs and I'm sure they are great to those that own them but I personally wouldn't have one.


At this stage I'm tossing up between the A7 and laminate stainless.

If anyone knows whether my Limbsaver for a tikka t3 would work on the A7 it might be the clincher.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

Cheers man, not at all meaning to offend but I can't stand the X Bolt and A Bolts, to me they feel like plastic toys. I know a few blokes that are good hunters who swear by theirs and I'm sure they are great to those that own them but I personally wouldn't have one.


At this stage I'm tossing up between the A7 and laminate stainless.

If anyone knows whether my Limbsaver for a tikka t3 would work on the A7 it might be the clincher.

Cheers

BH - I have to second mattyp. I recently have also been in the same boat and tried everything from the T3, the A7, the 85, a bolt, x bolt and even a steyr manlicher!

For me the xbolt was the best, the duratouch stock, to me, was the best of the synthetics and the wooden Brownings were even nicer. I would recommend the xbolt as the best bang for your buck but second to that was the 85, then the a7 then the steyr then the t3. The t3 had a really cheap feeling stock. A bolts admittedly were not so good although many hunters swear on their accuracy and I'd trust browning to deliver that.

If you really can't bare to touch a browning xbolt then the 85 and a7 were really really nice and shot exceptionally well. And slightly more accurate than the t3 which for long range stuff will matter.

Hope this confuses and helps you - good luck man, always exciting buying new rifle.



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