Browning X-Bolt 2 Speed SR Review
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
- Browning's new X-Bolt 2 Speed SR may be the best hunting rifle on the market in it's price bracket. This video takes a deep dive into just why that is. Showcased is a 6.8 Western version, along with the factory ammo it shoots best. ENJOY!
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this is the one I want...in 6.8 Western
Excellent taste... 😉
So glad to see this chambered in 6.8 Western!
Me too!
Just ordered an x bolt max long range FDE in 6.8
Great choice!
And it’s a 6.8 Western. Wow!
Indeed!
I've got last year's version in 6.8 western, extremely accurate rifle.
Nice! I've never shot an inaccurate 6.8 Western... Love the cartridge.
How’s the ammo selection?
I do too! What ammo did you find has the best groups? I was getting 1.5" groups with the copper 162s. I've now got 6 boxes of 165 ABLR ammo. Haven't yet tested my groups yet with those.
@@Vikingocazar I reload, so for myself factory ammo isn't an issue like it is for others. There's several really good options for high BC bullets.
@@triplegap I had similar results with the copper 162's. The nickel plated Sierra 175's shot well, but if I'm being completely honest I bought most of my factory ammo for the brass so I could reload my own ammo.
Looks like a Browning firearm becoming part of my family fore long!😊
Congratulations... 😁
Nice. Good overview. Have been owning brownings for over 50 years. Shotguns and rifles. Abolt medallions in 2506 and 270, blr in 7-08. Im really interested in the 6.8 western. When ADG gets brass out fot it, I’ll jump in. Thx for the vid.
Thanks for the great feedback! I hear ADG is working on brass... Fingers crossed!
Back in the mid eighties, I bought a Browning A-Bolt in 280 Remington. Early on I didn't like the amount of blood shot meat the factory 139gr caused. So, I developed a load with the 160gr Sierra GameKing at 2700fps that I could drive tacks with. From small Deer to the large Red Stag, and most everything in between, this rifle and load still serves me well today. Thanks for the great review on this new Browning. However, I think I'll just wait a bit to replace my old A-Bolt. Maybe someday......lol
Pretty hard to beat those early A-Bolts!
Thank you for your review. I've been waiting for a proper review
Glad it was helpful!
Joseph what a great review. I think you just showed me my next rifle. I have been a fan of Browning's X-bolt. I love the upgrades and changes. You did an excellent job of explaining the new features and their benefits. I also loved that you were able to show it in a 6.8 Western. That is the gun that is on my Christmas wish list. I think you have got to love the 6.8 Western. The 270 has always been one of my favorite hunting cartridges and the improvement of the 6.8 Western are right in line with the precision rifle/caliber upgrades. Great podcast/video. Thanks for sharing.
Great overview!
Pretty awesome new feature set. I really like the new Varitech stock and how configurable it is and still looks great.
This too would be my model of choice as well I just wish they had a left hand version and was chambered in 300 WSM instead of 300 PRC (which makes no sense in a short barrel rifle). Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this beauty. 🤠
Thanks for the feedback! Hopefully we'll see LH versions in the near future. My son William is in the same boat (southpaw shooter).
@@BackcountryHuntingPodcast yes hopefully 🤞🏻 do we have to give them the Barnes handwritten letter treatment in order for them to offer at least some cartridges per model in left hand?
Very nice rig. Need to look into one myself.
Nice. I’ve go hells canyon in 6.8 western!! Love it !! Under an inch at 100 with 175 sierra game king!
Thank you for the review.
Hava an xbolt hells canyon SR in 6.8W. Run a Trash Panda on it. 1/2 MOA with 175 TGK Browning load and just under MOA with 165 ablr load. Super combo of cartridge and rifle!
trash panda?
Great informative review, really enjoying the channel, do they chamber it in .280AI a personal favourite, as my adoptive grandpa would like to say, "what'll do a lot, will do a little" keep the great videos coming, cheers from the UK.
I got the only Xbolt Speed Long Range 280AI. I could find anywhere. I wanted the 26-inch barrel. And in a 280AI caliber.
Will you do a review on the savage 110 hunter? I’ve been searching for months for an affordable 280ai and that appears to be the only cheap option (other than the axis which have mixed reviews).
Would love to see a Remington Model 700 CDL (post 2012) vs A Winchester Model 70
Would like one in 280AI with the 1 in 8 twist barrel.
Good Review
Thanks!
Great review! Where are you from originally?
Thanks! I'm a southern Utah boy by birth... Idaho roots and I call it home now.
Thank JVB!
Joseph...Are you selling hats like the one you're wearing in the video?
I also do not like the color it clearly is meant for out west where are our East Coast hunters. Half of the US has green and gray oranges, etc..
they have lots of different variants with different wood and synthetic stocks
Dip it in Mossy oak.
You'd be surprised at how well the camo blends, even in rich greens. I've hunted Alaska with it in real rainy areas and it was awesome.
Can you top load this rifle ?
Only if we could get stock upgrades for the original Xbolt. I have an Xbolt SPR but the stock is standard plastic, wish I could get a carbon stock or a Chassis upgrade but no one supports the xbolt and Browning wont sell stocks
Is it a push feed or a controlled f round feed bolt?
That's push feed.
Will it take all day to load test my reloading, with the thin barrel?
Not at all! I shot three-shot groups, waiting no time between shots, and let the barrel cool for 2 to 5 minutes between groups. Shot great.
I am hoping to score a deal on an old one.
Good plan. They should sell for great prices this summer.
@@BackcountryHuntingPodcastWhat LVPO or MVPO are you using on this one?
@@BackcountryHuntingPodcast some of them already have great discounts.
I prefer wood myself. I only have one rifle with synthetic stock, a remington 700xcr in 300wsm, anything else will be wood for me.
They do make an X-Bolt with a wooden stock… Hopefully they’ll be offered with a wooden stock!
Are the barrels cold hammer forged or button rifled?
I confess I don't know! They're made in Japan... and by golly they shoot.
@@BackcountryHuntingPodcast Howas are made in Japan as well and they are chf. I lean to chf when I look at Ruger Americans and Tikkas.
@@mr.mr.3301what do you mean by chf?
@@daneboro6847Cold Hammer Forged barrel.
@@cbbees1468 thank you sir👍
What is MOA at a hundred yards?
1.047 inches, but for practical purposes you can just say 1 inch.
@@BackcountryHuntingPodcastCan you top load this rifle? Also what optic are you using on it?
To bad I can't have one in a 325wsm 😊
Or 300 WSM and left handed for me.
I got a 325 wsm awesome rifle
@@jameswilson5562 so does one of my cousins
Now that would be cool...
My favorite of all the WSMs wish still had em but...life happens aghhhhh
$1600 I’ll pass
😂