I have a late 90's Browning Stainless Stalker with a BOSS. I'm thinking about taking it off mainly because of noise. Recoil reduction is nice but not that important to me really. I'm good with a brake or just a solid screw on piece. I'd love to hear if anyone has had experience with this and it's effect on accuracy.
They make a non-ported BOSS that will tune barrel harmonics without the noise. I have both for my A Bolt.
I think that's what TheKid is talking about. The idea of cutting it off and recrowned is something I'm going to look into.
It's called the CR(conventional recoil)
I have 3 Browning A Bolts, that came with the BOSS on the end of them.
I picked up one of the Conventional Recoil Replacements and have used it on all three rifles... an 06, 300 Win Mag and 338 Win Mag. The 338 WM was caliber specific, but I've used it on the 06 and 300 WM, with no accuracy issues. I originally paid only $10 for it from Browning.
It also works just fine on the Model 70s I have with the BOSS on them also... in 270 and 06.
The BOSS worked on recoil reduction just fine. I sighted in a 300 Win Mag with one on it bought by a friend. At the time, he had bought some Remington 180 grain Ammo in 300 WM. I had my Model 70 with me at the time, which also had a BOSS on it, and I had a box of Remington 180gr ammo with me. Both the same rifles, same Leupold 3 x 9 scopes on top, shooting same grain of bullet from the same Manufacturer, both in 30 caliber.
The 300 WM reduced recoil more than it did on the 06. We each shot both rifles and came to the same conclusion individually.
