I have had a Browning rifle of one sort or another since I was 9 years old. Presently still have two of them, and one is 2 years older than I am. The other is an A Bolt M1000 Eclipse in 300 WinMag. One of the most accurate rifles in my possession. It is a consistent 1 shot killer every year, and on some pretty long shots. Accurate rifle.
I hunt the swamps, rivers and clear cuts of NW Ontario in weather conditions that vary from warm and dry to wet and cool to snowing and wet to 40 below. If my rifle gets real wet, I wipe it down with a good gun oil. The bore and the bolt usually start the season clean, and end the season clean. It's likely gone through 150 rounds a year for the last 8 years, and I have NEVER had a problem with it. The trigger is as crisp today as it was when I bought it. I have done nothing to accurize it, and I'd be willing to bet that I can put two out of three shots through the same hole at 100 yards, most every time, and sometimes all three.
I would take that rifle anywhere to hunt under any conditions and expect it to deliver. It always has, and no reason to doubt it will for a long time to come.
Guess I'm just lucky and should take all those steaks out of the freezer and return them to the wild.
