Reviews on the Browning X Bolt 7mm Rem Mag

Browning X-Bolt

I've wanted to practise this review for a while at present and after a recent outing with the x-commodities, I had enough fresh in my mind to bring upward about this burglarize and do the review.

What is the Browning XBolt for?

Seems similar a light-headed question, but it's not. The Browning X-Bolt is Non a hunting burglarize. It is a "premium" hunting burglarize. Those aren't sarcastic quotation marks, information technology's just that the Browning solves more than than just the trouble of what to shoot deer with. Heck, you could buy 3 Vicious Axis rifles for the cost of a unmarried xbolt, and they'll all arguably do the same basic task in the hunt. Information technology'southward in the details where the Browning shines. The Browning Ten-bolt goes for $800-$yard in the Usa, and virtually the same in Canada.

Browning X-Bolt Video Review

Ten-Bolt Overview

Browning is known for their first-class build quality, and a bit of a tendency to add gadgets on their rifles. The A-commodities, with its weird hinged magazine and BOSS tuning affair was a scrap gimmicky. With the X-bolt, they've happily washed away with the gimmicks and replaced them with some seriously loftier quality hardware.

The magazine itself is incredible. A loftier quality plastic rotary magazine. It'due south light weight, yet feels and so sturdy you could run it over with a truck. And hither's a big plus over the Savage centerfeed: it accepts more than than 2 wsm cartridges. In fact, information technology fits 3! I don't blast away willy nilly at deer, but it makes a heck of a lot of sense to take a mag that fits more than than two rounds. Carrying over the quality, the mag "snick"s into place and does not rattle at all when moving with the rifle. The release is firmly in place on the rifle, further reducing moving parts on the mag.

The bolt is excellent as well. As a 3 lug pattern instead of the standard 2, it offers a shorter & faster lx° bolt throw. The bolt itself is a meaty piece of steel and information technology fits very precisely into the activity. The precision is a chip of a downside, considering it doesn't wing forwards every bit readily as a looser commodities (hey, I have to choice on something) The commodities design is pretty tricked out: cocking indicator, 3 position safety, an unlock button, a very reasonable commodities release, and it looks so athwart and sexy. Kind of like Angelina Joli in a burglarize bolt.

The telescopic base mounts on the Xbolt use 4 screws each, making the shape of an X, and are called "Ten-Lock" (everything on a Browning rifle comes with its ain special trademarked name.) The integrated base/rings are very solid and a corking pick if y'all have your telescopic and rifle at the store and tin endeavor a few out for optimal meridian.

trigger

Plume Trigger

The Trigger on the X-Bolt is another premium part. Instead of a second safety trigger similar a Barbarous Accutrigger or Remington Crossfire the trigger uses a simpler exterior interface and still breaks cleanly. The trigger feels pretty good.

Inflex Buttpad and Stock

The stock on the rifle I tested was constructed, every bit will be most hunters xbolts. This is some other area the Browning makes upwardly for the premium price. The stock has grippy, soft touch surfaces on all the spots that thing, and a bang-up fitting, and looking, buttpad at the back. The stock wrist is a bit thick, but it makes the burglarize experience very solid. The forend doesn't flex at all, keeping the butt well free floated. Nice touches like the Browning logo on the metal trigger baby-sit really round out the complete premium feel of this rifle.

Browning X-Bolt Accurateness

Accurateness on the model I tested was competitive with most commodities action rifles these days: 0.75-1″ at 100. Unless you go custom, semi-custom, or tailor handloads for your rifle, that'southward what is to exist expected of nearly hunting rifles when you discover a factory load they like. Unless you lot're reaching out to 600+, and you tin shoot that well to boot, even 1 MOA is fine. With manufactory ammo that your rifle likes, y'all could push that max acceptable deer range to 800 providing you've got plenty oomph, a great rangefinder, and accuracy to make the shot.

Conclusion

Like I mentioned up at the top, this isn'tmerely a rifle to blast deer with. It's abetter burglarize to smash deer with. It feels ameliorate in the hand, it offers premium features that budget rifles do non, and information technology inspires confidence that your equipment will not fail yous. If those appeal to yous, a Browning just might be the right rifle.