Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Replacing my BOSS

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.

Have one in 7mm rem mag but haven't taken one off. IDK if it's worth it then hearing pro can be had that's super light and small.

Are they common threads ?? There are some blast cans that redirect the noise or you can put on a thread protector. Will it affect accuracy ?? Keep us updated.

kwg

I prefer to replace them with a nice crown after cutting the threads off in the lathe.

The threads are longer than a normal brake would use so outside of having something made to fit I don’t know what you could put on other than the BOSS CR which is the unported section they sold to screw on. Like the original brake it’s a big ugly heavy thing.

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)

Oldelkhunter, that’s it. It’s still a BOSS but not a brake. It works to improve accuracy. Cutting the barrel back or capping the Browning threads I think will inevitably compromise accuracy.

It's not going to hurt accuracy at all, if you handload. If you go on ebay, they have those CR's from time to time. Both in blued and stainless versions. Just make sure you get the right one for your rifle. They are caliber specific.

Correct. I should have said you’ll have to go through the load development process rather than being able to dial in for the load you have on hand.

I'd replace the entire barrel, that way you can upgrade to a faster twist for the new high bc bullets and keep barrel length the same as it was with the BOSS, for a bit more velocity without having to hot load

I thought this was going to be a divorce story, initially...

If noise is the issue, find a BOSS CR accessory and be happy. If the looks bother you (understandable) the consider selling the gun and buying another. I did have a Model 70 30-06 with a BOSS. It was accurate but LOUD. I also never liked the looks. I got a CR for it but ended up selling it anyway. I also swore off muzzle brakes forever.

My brother has a browning white gold medallion 7mm rem mag that came with a Boss, he found a CR and uses that exclusively.

I only have the A Bolt Medallion BOSS because a friend really wanted me to have it. It’s immaculate, box, papers, etc. I never cared for the looks of the BOSS but figured to hell with it. Suppressors are all the rage and the hot accessory. My little muzzle bump works well and makes me look cool.

I had a 338 Win SS Classic with the BOSS. It worked as advertised and was accurate when adjusted correctly. Eventually I had it lopped off. In or to have a clean barrel I had to cut it back to 20.5”. Wasn’t a big deal as it shot great that way and wasn’t real slow either.

Wow that is quite a chop. I think they are 23.5 without the boss in the mags but yea those ugly numbers will still be on the barrel if you just get rid of the threads.

I put a BOSS CR on mine last year. My ears wish I’d have done it years ago.
Still love the rifle, but never really noticed how much a .25-06 recoils (its not a lot, but snappier than I thought it’d be) and how crappy the recoil pad is on an A-Bolt II Stainless Stalker. Browning must’ve been buying their recoil pads from the same place as Ruger.
So be aware, it will be more pleasant to shoot as far as your ears are concerned, but it will kick a bit more.

WMR,
Exactly- The damn things are ugly; I replaced the barrel on a rem 700 300wm just to get rid of the boss. Rile still shoots 1.5 inches or less at 100yds.

I agree the muzzle bump is ugly. But I looked at how much barrel would be left on my 25-06 if I chopped it - looks like about 18”.