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Yep. You can load from the top just like with any push feed bolt action. You can also drop the floor plate, and slide the mag box off, and then slide another one on, if you want.

I had a browning a-bolt 308,it shot 3 shot .25 groups at 100 yds They will shoot , but they are one ugly rifle. I did not like the stock finish or bolt make up,however the mag was great. I traded it in on a Kimber 84,what a rifle!!!

If American quality is a necessary ingrediant, a Remington 710 may be just the ticket.

WTH, are you a part-time gynecologist now or sumpin?

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I don't like Abolts for several reasons: They're ugly; Don't care much for the feel of their operating functions; They're ugly; The first one I ever fired was a POS lightweight-something in 270 Winchester that kicked like a mule and grouped about like my buckshot gun. It also had a bad habit of de-cocking itself too, but a few trips to the service dept. finally cured that. Oh yeah, and they're ugly little critters.

Otherwise, they're probably ok.

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Hey, it's all subjective. If you like your Abolt, so be it. I eat cottage cheese with just salt and pepper on it and that gives some the willies. Now I just hide somewheres when I eat and no one is offended. Might work with Abolts too?

Now it's cottage cheese, Abolts, fat girls, and mopeds.......










Fun to eat, shoot, ride, and ride as long as no one sees you.

Exactly

Yes you can load from the top or remove the mag and load it. Mine was a little rough at first too, I took a jewelers file and smoothed the edges of the magazine and it slicked right up.

Browning makes some fine guns. And have for many years. Their A-Bolt guns however, leave me cold.
Why ? I see nothing in their design that I like. Their bolts are all screwed together. Their barrels are put together in a way that most smiths will have nothing to do with. Their triggers designs are tough to get adjusted right or can't be depending on what you get.
But the worst of all of their problems is they fail in the field. Sitka Deer just mention one problem. JJHack, our resident African PH and former alaskan guide says he has seen far more of them fail in the field than every other make combined. That's enough for me. Give me a Ruger, a Winchester or a Remington. They have all treated me right. E

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You have NO choice in a TV, Radio, Computer, etc.
I do have choices in sporting arms to hand down to my family.
My guns can come from US, Portugal, Finnland,Spain,Belgium,
ad nauseum. They won't come from Japan.

Bob

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