Had an A Bolt with BOSS in 25-06. Shot great with the BOSS. Experimented with removing it and the results were poor. The use of a BOSS requires the recoil lug to to be seated with a hard rubber insert. I can not explain why but the Browning folks set the BOSS up that way. To cut off the BOSS you would have to do the bedding of the action and recoil lug.
