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Browning T-bolt opinions?

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#1 ·
So has anyone got one of these? I’m picking one up soon. Wouldn’t mind some experiences people’s have had.


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#3 ·
I have one on my bucket list. Two of my friends have them and they both shoot as well as most CZ455's shoot. It's not far behind my Anschutz. The triggers leave a lot to desire, very heavy. A Jard replacement trigger will run you around two-fifty to install which is why I got the Anschutz instead of the T-Bolt. I found out later that there is a virtually free trigger job you can do on the factory trigger to get it around two pounds. Had I known that, I probably would have gotten the T-Bolt instead of the Anschutz. Here's a link to the trigger job: http://varminthuntinginternational.blogspot.com/p/browning-t-bolt-review-and-trigger.html Good luck and have fun.
 
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#4 ·
Old or new model?

I have one of the new models in .22LR with the maple stock. Absolutely beautiful looking rifle that draws attention and comments everywhere it goes. Very lightweight too: with Talley rings and a Leupold 4x28mm rimfire scope it's 5 1/2 pounds on the money.

The action is a bit stiff, it throws people off at first. Lubing the bolt lugs and cam helps considerably. I don't find the trigger at all unreasonable on mine. It's crisp, consistent and predictable, which is fine for my uses. (I'd prefer a match 2-stage trigger on all of my rifles, but that's not realistic.)

Accuracy is OK. I went in expecting no better than 3/4" 5-shot groups at 50 yards, and that's about what I get with RWS Target ammo. The light weight, trim proportions, stiff action and sporter trigger probably hamper me from getting the best accuracy from a bench.

However, I find the rifle a joy to shoot offhand and plinking is a blast. With the straight pull bolt and 10 round magazine, it's a lot of fun on reactive targets.

You'll enjoy your new Browning. Don't look at it as a dedicated target gun, remember it's a fancy small game rifle.

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#5 ·
Sorry if this shows up as a repeat but couldnt find my first comment on this post.

I bought a T bolt last fall as I wanted to try a straight pull, mine is a Sporter in Walnut. I wanted to try it in person as there have been a lot of comments on poor trigger quality and hard pulling bolt. My rifle has a beautiful trigger, new it broke hard but had no creep and was super crisp. The action was stiff but pretty smooth and fairly easy to work. I think the quality of fit and finish externally is as good as any mass produced rifles out there.

I have since worked on the trigger which was at 4 1/2 lbs and would not adjust before and now can adjust between 2 and 3lbs and super clean. The action I have also worked on and is now much smoother and takes a lot less pressure to work than before. I did a thread on how to disassemble the bolt and trigger as there was absolutely nothing I could find out there to show how. My rifle is very accurate and extremely light and manuverable, a perfect squirrel woods rifle but fun to shoot on the bench as well.
 
#11 ·
I have two T bolts and love them both for different reasons. One is synthetic stock, very lightweight, trigger was crisp and not terribly heavy pull right from the start so I have done nothing to it. It has become my favorite go to rifle for hunting, mainly because of the light weight. Number two is a walnut sporter and I love it for the classic lines of it. It is heavier, the trigger is heavy but crisp and no it doesn't shoot as good as my CZ's but is close enough. I have been lucky I guess in that neither of mine have bolts that have to be slammed into place. I am thinking of doing the Jard trigger for my walnut model.
 
#13 ·
I now have 4 T-bolts. My maple stocked one is still a safe Queen ,it’s just too pretty. I just put a Jard on one of my walnut varmints the other day,still haven’t had a chance to test it yet. The one Tupperware stocked had a very gritty action it took a full football game of cycling the action to smooth it out. Funny thing is every wood stocked gun I’ve cycled was like glass while the Tupperware models were hit and miss
 
#16 ·
To the OP, I seriously doubt you will be disappointed with your new T-Bolt. I bought one with the long threaded barrel and it is quite accurate although I was unable to get the stock trigger pull to where I wanted it. Installed a Jard trigger and the gun is fantastic for what it is. I currently have a Weaver 3-9X on it but that scope leaves a lot to be desired for real accuracy testing. In the near future I am going to put my Weaver T-24 on it and see what the results are. I would expect it will shoot great. Good luck with yours.....

Rick H.