Weatherby sporter or Browning Medallion??

[scootrd]

Ok , I was just getting ready to pull the trigger on purchasing The weatherby Sporter in 243 599.00
and then found Reeds sporting goods has a Browning Abolt medallion 243 on sale for 599.00
Arghhh!!!..decisions decisions Help me out guys , which would you choose?

sporter
# Claro walnut stock with satin urethane finish, fineline diamond point checkering and contrasting rosewood forend tip
# All metalwork is matte blued to a low lustre finish
# One-piece forged, fluted bolt body with three gas ports
# One-piece, forged and machined receiver for the utmost in strength and structural integrity
# Fully adjustable trigger can be precisely adjusted for let-off weight and sear engagement


Medallion
# Receiver - Steel, Engraved with blued finish, Glass bedded, Drilled and tapped for scope mounts
# Barrel - Blued finish, Free floating, Hand chambered, Target crown
# Action - Bolt-action, 60º bolt lift, Non-rotating bolt sleeve, Adjustable trigger, Detachable box
magazine, Hinged floorplate, Top-tang safety
# Stock - Select gloss finish walnut, Rosewood fore-end and grip caps, Checkered
# Features - Sling swivels included, Recoil pad

[mjbgalt]

the most accurate gun i ever have seen or shot was my browning a-bolt in .243.

pm me for load recipes. buy that medallion. now.

-Matt

[trotterlg]

How does the A bolt have a detachable magazine and a hinged floor plate?  It either has a magazine or a hinged floor plate, it cannot have both.  Larry

[mjbgalt]

the hinged floorplate has the magazine attached to it, and you can pop it off to load it or carry it separately.

-Matt

[scootrd]

A Detachable magazine on a bolt action , Now there's something I will most likely lose  BTW would someone help me find my camouflaged glasses I know I laid them down here on the forest floor just for a second .....somewhere.

[MGMorden]

A Detachable magazine on a bolt action , Now there's something I will most likely lose  BTW would someone help me find my camouflaged glasses I know I laid them down here on the forest floor just for a second .....somewhere.

I to find detachable mags on a bolt action to be a sin (my Savage 340 has one and I curse that system ), but if it will stay in place (ie, removal is optional) then that should work ok.  The Savage more or less has to have the mag removed to be reloaded which is what really irks me. 

As to the A-Bolt, I personally have never shot one, but a buddy of mine has a left-hand model (.270 WSM I think, but I can't remember for sure) that his wife got him for Christmas last year, and I can say it's a mighty sharp looking gun.  I know that personally between the two, I'd probably get the Browning.

[superdown]

I shoot an A-bolt II hunter left hand 325WSM it will put three 220grn pp inside an inch at 100yds. I would buy another in a heartbeat.

[scootrd]

I will probably go with the weatherby -  the detachable magazine is a real show stopper for me on a bolt action (to each his own)

[Wyo. Coyote Hunter]

   Have only owned a couple Weatherby rifles, now I don't  have a one. I have bought only one Browning A bolt, my .22 Hornet. Frankly I like it very much.
I like the lift of the Abolt and in my Hornet it is very accurate. It has the same magazine you mention. That is the biggest minus I have with this little rifle. Of the two, I would take the Browning, but then I have neve been a Weatherby rifle fan.