Browning A-Bolt Shotgun

[BIG JAKE]

Does anyone own one of the older models? If so how do they shoot? I'm thinking of gettin a new one and trading in my BPS.

[trkyman1]

My friend has one of the older ones. He said it is the most accurate gun he owns.

[1sourdough]

 I thought I read where Browning is going to make the A-Bolt shotgun again? A buddy has one that he likes a lot. He did pay over 1k for it though.

[LanceR]

I knew two guys with the "old" a-Bolt slug guns and both shot very well, although I only shot them once each.  They had pretty slow twist barrels and might not do really well with the much faster and lighter sabot slugs a lot of folks shoot today.

I had two of the Savage 12 ga. 201F slug guns.  Both shot about 2" at 100 yards with slugs they liked but had very heavy triggers.  I got a trigger job done on one and it was a lot better.  The groups tightened a bit too since the original trigger pull was close to 8 pounds.  The Brownings and the Savage 12 ga. guns all kicked like the proverbial Missouri mule.

When Savage came out with the 20 ga. 220 slug gun I bought one of the first ones and it had ejection and failure to fire issues.  After repair it has been great.  It shoots 3/4-1" groups with Federal 3" tipped Barnes Expanders and has a great trigger (the Accutrigger).  I took four shots this season and dropped four deer.  Out to about 165 yards it is a center hold and shoot deal with the bullet within 3" above or below the aiming point.

It deserves a hard look.  At less than half the MSRP of the Browning it is a heck of a value and it recoils about like my .308 CZ 550-a lot more pleasant to shoot than the 12 ga. guns.

Lance

EDIT: there's a review of the Browning at: http://randywakeman.com/Review_2011_Browning_%20A-Bolt_Slug_%20Gun.htm

and for the Savage at:  http://www.randywakeman.com/Savage220FRifleoftheYear.htm

http://randywakeman.com/Savage220F.htm

http://randywakeman.com/MoreWithTheSavage220F.htm