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I would hunt with a Safari Grade from the 70s

Never owned a Browning bolt gun. I have always felt that IF I could find something I liked that was made in the USA, then that was the one I bought. Still feel the same way, maybe even more so with the way our economy needs all the help it can get right now.
Having said that; I have lusted for years over the Browning M92 .44 mag lever action that they made back in the early 80s.

Yes, I do.

Would you buy a samurai sword made in America?

Liar!

I have no use for a Samurai sword but lots of people buy full size trucks by Toyota and Nissan too.

I agree that there are better choices out there, but for out of the box accuracy and reliability I think you could do much worse. I've had a few and they all have gone down the road but I can say that they all were pretty good shooters.

I think factory is the key word in that sentence.

Light, handy, accurate, unfussy...



I will gripe about lawyer proof triggers, however.

I bought a new, left handed A-Bolt Medallion in .300 Win Mag, and used it for several years in the early 90's. It shot very well, even with the mushy "adjustable" trigger. I did have a few complaints with the rifle, some minor, some not. The removable magazine was difficult to load while in the gun (the ejection port is smallish, and belted cases don't help). Unlike JB's experience, mine was way too fiddly to remove, load, and reinstall in the field. The floorplate rattled, the recoil pad was hard as rock, and was too small. The rifle's looks never did much for me, either, particularly the action and bolt assembly. I finally moved it for rifles more ergonomically friendly and easier on my eyes.

OTOH, the FN Brownings and the original T-Bolt are nice rifles.

And those are the good points....

I've had a Browning BAR in .30-06 and a Model 64 in .218 Bee for years and dearly love 'em both, but the newer bolt just never really did anything for me.

Sure says a lot about a 22 year old memory. Musta been made by someone in Yonkers.

Inland44: Indeed I have no "love" for todays Rifle offerings from Browning.
I have owned many Browning bolt action Rifles from the 1960's era of manufacture and still own one beautiful Browning bolt gun in 222 Remington Magnum from that era.
One of the main reasons I quit buying Browning Rifles is because I prefer to buy American Made products when ever possible.
And the American Made products have provided me with about everything I desire to shoot/own.
I like my dollars to help keep Americans employed whenever possible.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I would be lying if I said I didn't wish they were made here. Buying here is a good thing.

That's why I want a new Win 70 Extreme Weather. It will be very nice to carry an American made rifle around for a change.

Nothing against Browning, but It's my money.

I don't care for them but they are considered "the best" by many of the people that I hunt with. My friend went to help field dress a deer, took the magazine out ejected the round, put the magazine back in, closed the bolt and calmly fired a 300 Win Mag round into the ground, the rifle popped out of his hands and landed barrel first in the dirt standing up like a tomato stake. I told him to go ahead and pull it out of the ground as it was too deep in the woods and too late in the season to try and plant any.

Those magazines can be tricky to some.

LOL.

He should have closed the bolt, then put the mag back in...

Glad no one was hurt, but the way he did it, that would have happened with any detach mag.

JM

Wow, and no longer a hunting buddy...or golf...or anything involving projectiles.

Relegated to checkers.

No bowling.

A SS X-Bolt nearly walked with me the other day...in one of my favorite cal's too. 7mm-08Rem.

I like em!

I am sure that they are great guns but, being made in japan, I will not own a Weahterby, Howa, or a Browning bolt gun. I will not hunt with a japanese made rifle. Life is too short for that.

You probably aren't going to own much as no firearm currently made is sourced entirely in the USA. All have components or sources from Japan, Thailand, Philippines, china, Italy, brazil, or other European, south American or Asian countries.

You wont hunt with a Japanese made rifle, but would hunt with one sourced in china, india, or packastan. Something wrong with that picture.