I bought a Browning BPS about two years ago that was coated with Dura Touch, the coating that Browning uses to place a camo pattern on their firearms. I've only shot about 50 rounds through this gun, which I use as a dedicated slug gun mainly for deer. I shot the BPS this past weekend and after cleaning the gun I noticed that the coating was peeling away at the muzzle of the barrel.I can only attribute this to the coating not holding up against the powder solvents that are used to clean the inside of the barrel. Unfortunately, after a quick Google search, I found that many folks have had this same issue; some have sent it back to Browning but have been told that this is due to 'normal wear and tear'.
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I'm pretty disappointed with this and am currently looking into an alternative company to have this barrel dipped in the same camo pattern, in a coating that is more durable.I'll let you know after the upcoming season who I decide to go with and just how good it holds up. I'd like to hear from others if they have experienced similar issues with Dura Touch coatings, so leave a comment below!-Paul Nicolucci. I have been very successful using plain old rubbing alcohol and plenty of either paper towel or cotton pads. For the hashed grooves I used an old brush like a toothbrush. Sop part of the paper towel in the alcohol and rub a small patch at a time and when the tacky goop softens wipe with a dry paper towel that you can throw away. For the grooves, dip the brush in the alcohol and scrub a few seconds, then wipe with a dry paper towel. You can see the brownish/amber tacky gunk come off on the paper towel.
It took about 1 to 2 hours to do my Browning Silver Hunter 12-guage. It DOES NOT harm the Real Tree finish one bit. Ronnie,Thanks for the info I called Browning and they said send them the complete gun ( Long Trac.300 Win Mag BAR ) They are going to send me a pre-paid ups slip e-mail free of charge to refinish the fore arm & butt stock, that has turned to a sticky mess.
The gun is a Mossy Oak camo brown. They said if they can't match what the barrel & lower metal parts they would do the hole gun over in a newer camo.
The only problem is it will take about 8 months to do:(I have a guy that does hydro dipping and will check the cost but free from Browning beets about 100 bucks to clean and re-dip that I might have to do the hole gun over to match because the gun is 9 years old. So I will check with him but more than likely it will go to Browning.Thanks,Rob. I had the same problem sticky tacky stock on my A-bolt Varmint Stalker in 22-250.
Had the gun for 12 years or so. The Dura-Touch just became very sticky and tacky all of a sudden. I scrubbed it with warm water and wiped it down over and over again but it was still sticky. Finally I think I got most of it off with a dress shirt soaked in warm water, but I believe the rubber degrades and I basically removed the outer layer as you can see lines scratch marks all over the stock now. I just sent it in after reading this thread. I wish I would have called Browning to start with. Hope they replace it.
I had just put a new scope on the gun and sighted it in only to find that Browning might actually replace the stock. Keeping fingers crossed. Well, they gave me the choice of another dura-touch stock or just a black synthetic stock. I said no way did I want dura-touch again, just put the black synthetic stock on it. After 3-months I got it back with the cheapest, lightest, crappy synthetic stock you have ever seen. I sent it right back, my gun was so barrel heavy it was ridiculous. They said they'd make it right, so I still am not sure what kind of stock will end up on the gun.
Seriously I think my kids have some toy guns with nicer stocks, have no Idea where they came up with such a stock as I've never seen an A-bolt or any browing rifle with such a crappy stock. Keeping fingers crossed.
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Browning’s X-Bolt Pro gives hunters magnum firepower in an attractive, lightweight, go-anywhere package. It might just be Browning’s best turn-bolt hunting rifle yet. How this Browning proves a backcountry pro:. The X-Bolt pro, regardless of caliber, comes in at below 7 pounds. Much of the weight reduction is achieved from its fluted sporter-profile barrel.
Additionally, a spiral fluted three-lug bolt shaves an ounce or two. Finally, a carbon-fiber stock keeps things light. Opposed to using strips, the X-Bolt Pro’s stock is built by weave wrapping carbon fiber. The gun comes outfitted with a muzzle brake and its bore is lapped.
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The Browning Feather trigger breaks at 3.5 to 4 pounds. The best group of the.300 Win. Tested was.82 inch with Browning BXR 155-grain loads.
The MSRP of the X-Bolt Pro runs from $2,069 to $2,129 depending on caliber.Unless you’ve spent the last decade or two in a gun-knowledge-free zone, such as the headquarters of the major American TV news networks, you’ve probably noticed that hunting rifles have been getting lighter. Just as there has been a race to the bottom — in regard to price — between the most economical rifle models, there has been a corresponding race to produce guns that are light enough to blow away in anything more than a stiff breeze. The Pro incorporates high-end design elements and finishing touches typically found on custom rifles costing twice as much.This is widely heralded as a great thing for those who hunt vertical country, and it is — to a point. As with most good intentions, things can get carried to extremes, and there’s a price to be paid for that.
Some manufacturers offer lightweight factory rifles that sacrifice bullet velocity for modest weight savings by the simple expedient of using thin, chopped-off barrels, often paired with flimsy synthetic stocks and cheap components.At the other end of the spectrum are custom ultralight rifles priced at $4,000 or more. These ultralight rifles can be a joy to carry, but they’re not necessarily a joy to shoot. Many people find ultralight rifles more difficult to shoot accurately due to increased recoil, and that challenge only increases with rifles chambered for the thumper magnums.To my way of thinking, the nearly perfect go-anywhere, do-anything backcountry rifle occupies the “light-enough” category — meaning it’s light enough to carry all day but not so light that it kicks like a mule on steroids or requires me to modify my shooting technique to place bullets where I want them to go.
It should have a barrel long enough to achieve optimal velocities for chosen cartridges, to include magnums, and it should have an excellent trigger to aid in making accurate long-range shots. It should also be nearly impervious to the elements.
The unique Browning bolt-unlock button, situated atop the rear of the bolt handle, allows you to cycle the bolt with the safety engaged.The good news is that there’s an emerging class of rifles that check all these boxes, and more, by taking advantage of the latest gun-making technologies and materials while refusing to compromise on things that matter most. A great example is the new Browning X-Bolt Pro. It is, as its name implies, a seriously well-designed tool for serious hunters. With the Pro, a lot of that weight reduction has been accomplished by removing a fair amount of metal from the gun. The rifle has a lightweight sporter-profile fluted barrel, but it still measures a full 26 inches in length in guns chambered for.300 Win. Mag., 28 Nosler, 26 Nosler and 7mm Rem. It is, happily, adorned with an effective and comes with a thread protector.
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In another nod to custom guns, the 1:10 barrel has been given a proprietary lapping treatment, minimizing the need for break-in. While shooting up a considerable amount of ammo with the rifle, I was amazed at how little fouling accumulated in the barrel.The three-lug bolt is spiral fluted, as is the bolt knob, cutting additional weight and adding to the rifle’s considerable aesthetic appeal. It proved to be a real head-turner at the range, judging by the number of people who felt compelled to interrupt my testing by inquiring about the rifle. Considering the amount of.300 Win.
Ammo fired during testing, the author was pleased the X-Bolt Pro came equipped with an effective muzzle brake.That’s partly due to the rifle’s distinctive, true carbon-fiber stock, which is constructed with the carbon-fiber weave wrapped 360 degrees around a sound-dampening foam core. This use of what Browning calls a “second generation” carbon-fiber weave, versus individual strips of carbon-fiber joined at seams, further reduces weight while significantly adding to the rigidity of the stock. It’s exceptionally difficult to make this stock bend. Trust me, I tried.The rifle’s good looks — and resistance to inclement weather — are further enhanced with a well-executed Cerakote treatment of the stainless-steel barrel and action as well as the bolt and all exterior metal. This rifle shrugs off the elements as a result, and the “burnt bronze” color of the abrasion-resistant Cerakote finish complements the dark brown hues of the stock, which mute any potential game-spooking reflective glare. Accuracy-enhancing measures include glass bedding of the action to the stock, and the barrel is free floated along its entire length.
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Fit and finish on this rifle is excellent, right down to the ubiquitous Buckmark logo on the bottom of the trigger guard and the gold-plated trigger blade. The Pro simply exudes quality from the moment you pick the rifle up, in a way that too few factory rifles do these days. Beyond The BasicsThe X-Bolt Pro retains all of the unique characteristics of a standard X-Bolt which, taken together, equate to a lot more than a run-of-the-mill bolt-action rifle. These features include a 60-degree bolt throw, a tang-mounted safety with a cocking indicator, the Browning Feather trigger, a bolt unlock button and the Inflex recoil pad. I especially like the X-Bolt’s signature X-Lock scope-base mounting system, which doubles the standard number of mounting screws from four to eight.
It’s a rock-solid base-mounting system like few I’ve ever seen. The Pro uses a spiral-fluted, three-lug bolt.
It cycled smoothly, with a short, 60-degree throw.The excellent Browning Feather trigger is supposed to be pre-set at the factory to a pull weight of about 3½ to 4 pounds, and I measured the break on my test rifle at a consistent 3 pounds, 9 ounces. The trigger is adjustable within a range of 3 to 5 pounds, but I left it where it was because it broke so cleanly, with absolutely no take-up, no creep and minimal overtravel, that it felt lighter than it really was.One distinctive feature of X-Bolt rifles is the unique bolt-unlock button, situated atop the portion of the bolt handle that mates into a recess in the action. Engaging the safety locks the bolt down, but you can use this button to unlock the bolt and cycle the action without disengaging the safety. The bolt itself cycles smoothly, with no binding, unlike some spiral-fluted bolts I’ve encountered. Bottom metal is — wonder of wonders — actually made of metal, while the detachable magazine is a tough polymer design that sits flush with the bottom of the action. The rotary magazine drops freely into your hand when you trip the magazine release lever, which is protected within a recess in the bottom metal, and it feeds rounds straight in line with the chamber. Capacity is three rounds for magnum cartridges and four rounds for standard cartridges.The rifle is actually made by Miroku, in Japan, but that matters little from a practical viewpoint.
Miroku long ago established a very well-earned reputation for producing some excellent firearms, including Browning shotguns and some rifles licensed by Winchester Firearms. Convincing PerformanceGiven the rather slender profile of the Pro’s barrel, I wasn’t really expecting tack-driving accuracy from the rifle at the range because groups typically open up as such barrels heat up — and heat up they do in my hands. It’s not that I’m impatient, mind you, but I do have to deal with such pesky things as deadlines, and I often want to see how well a gun shoots when it’s running a little hot and dirty. Of course, you would never run a barrel hot when hunting unless you’re doing something inordinately wrong. It’s the first shot or two that counts, rather than how a gun groups after a lot of ammo goes down the tube.I found that groups did open up a bit as the barrel heated up, as anticipated, but I was pleased at how well the X-Bolt Pro performed at the range. Most tested loads produced average groups of around 1½ inches, which will convincingly accomplish just about any mission for which you might choose to employ a.300 Win. Cartridge.Interestingly, the rifle showed a bit of a preference for lighter bullets, with the best performance turned in with Browning’s BXR (rapid expansion) 155-grain load.
This was also the hottest factory round tested, with the matrix-tip bullet stepping out at 3,257 fps, and it produced an average-group size of 1.12 inch and a best-group size of 0.82 inch.The next-tightest groups were with 180- and 185-grain bullets, which did slightly better than bullets in the 190-200 weight class. Velocities for most of the tested loads exceeded or were quite close to factory-stated velocities, which are, in many cases, achieved with longer barrels.I consider that excellent overall performance for such a light rifle, let alone one that punches with magnum persuasion. When you consider that it’s also designed to handle the harshest environmental conditions, the rifle’s price tag ($2,099 MSRP for the version tested) starts to look a lot less steep than the mountains you’ll be climbing with the Pro slung over your shoulder.For more information on the Browning X-Bolt, please visit:Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the May 2018 issue of.Authored by ballistics expert and worldwide hunter Philip Massaro, the covers the minutia of interior, exterior and terminal ballistics in plain, graspable language.
From ignition in the cartridge to dynamics down the bore to the bullet blasting out a target, Massaro unravels exactly what happens after the trigger is pulled.
.DetailsCategory:Created on Saturday, 29 May 2010 07:00Written by The DIY HunterX-Bolt (Top) with detachable rotary magazine.A-Bolt (Bottom) with hinged floorplate and detachable leaf spring magazine.A-Bolt (Top) X-Bolt (Bottom)The A-Bolt having a larger bolt release button.A-Bolt (left) X-Bolt (Right) Both bolts having three lugs forming a 'A' shape.X-Bolt SA (Top) and A-Bolt SSA (Bottom)The A-Bolt bolt rotates inside a three grooved sleeve through the middle section of the bolt. Where the X-Bolt's entire front half of the bolt rotates.X-Bolt safety in fire position showing the bolt unlock button (at the top of the bolt handle) in the down position.X-Bolt safety in safe position showing the bolt unlock button (at the top of the bolt handle) in the up position.A-Bolt's hard rubber recoil pad.X-Bolt's softer recoil absorbing, Inflex recoil pad. A great option this recoil pad system offers is the abilty to easily.X-Bolt (Left) and A-Bolt (Right) Showing the bolts in their top position, 60 degrees up from the bottom closed position, offering excellent bolt handle clearance with the rifle scope.X-Bolt SA (Top), A-Bolt SSA (Bottom)A-Bolt (Left), X-Bolt (Right) Recessed muzzle crowns.Right side view of Short Action (SA) X-Bolt (Top) and Super Short Action (SSA) A-Bolt (Bottom).A-Bolt leaf spring magazine with alternating 243 WSSM cartridges.
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BROWNING X-BOLT, AT-ONE, LONG ACTION, FACTORY BARREL CHANNELBarrel Dimensions: Point A = 1 7/64' and Point B = 45/64'. Center to Center of Action Screws: 5 3/64'.
Over All Length of Part: 31 1/2'. Comes with Boyds' 1/2' Rubber Recoil Pad. The Safety is located on the tang and the Bolt Release is on the side of the receiver.It is your responsibility to confirm the dimensions of your firearm with the supplied dimensions of our part.All finished parts have been CNC inlet to Boyds' House Action. Variations may exist from firearm to firearm, minor fitting may be required to get that perfect fit to your firearm.Natural cosmetic imperfections such as minor knots, burls, heartwood, mineral lines or minor cosmetic fill work are not considered a defect and will be subject to the 12% restocking fee.
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