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Browning a bolt issue
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<blockquote data-quote="HillTop128" data-source="post: 2721890" data-attributes="member: 24107"><p>I had the same problem in 2010 with a Browning A-Bolt II Stainless M1000 Eclipse in 300 WSM.</p><p>Just prior to heading to Montana and Saskatchewan on a hunting trip I made one more stop at the range for practice. I fired a shot and when I cycled the bolt nothing came out. I took the bolt out and immediately saw that only 2 of the 3 lugs were still showing. This was either round 116 or 118 fired in the 4 year old rifle. All of the rounds fired through it were either Barnes or Federal Premium factory loads with the 165 grain TSX bullets. </p><p> I took it up to my local gun shop, a Browning dealer and he was able after multiple phone calls to get them to fix it. They tried the out of warranty story, but that didn't fly. Who would buy a rifle that wouldn't fix a major failure like that. </p><p> When it was returned it had "developed" a crack 3/4's the way through the laminated stock, just behind the thumb-hole. That was returned and fixed, but I think UPS was blamed for that.</p><p> My first gun, a Browning Sweet Sixteen was given to me when I started hunting. I was a big fan of them with 2 shotguns, a 22 Buckmark and 3 A-Bolt rifles. Needless to say I wasn't pleased with them and have moved on to H-S Precision. </p><p> A true gun maker stands by their product like Blaser. I bought a R-93 from my cousin who was the second owner of that rifle and had an issue with loading it. I shipped it to them and they polished the chamber to correct the loading issue and rebuilt both the left handed and right handed bolts that came with it. Now that is a stand up company, all it cost me was the cost to ship it to them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HillTop128, post: 2721890, member: 24107"] I had the same problem in 2010 with a Browning A-Bolt II Stainless M1000 Eclipse in 300 WSM. Just prior to heading to Montana and Saskatchewan on a hunting trip I made one more stop at the range for practice. I fired a shot and when I cycled the bolt nothing came out. I took the bolt out and immediately saw that only 2 of the 3 lugs were still showing. This was either round 116 or 118 fired in the 4 year old rifle. All of the rounds fired through it were either Barnes or Federal Premium factory loads with the 165 grain TSX bullets. I took it up to my local gun shop, a Browning dealer and he was able after multiple phone calls to get them to fix it. They tried the out of warranty story, but that didn't fly. Who would buy a rifle that wouldn't fix a major failure like that. When it was returned it had "developed" a crack 3/4's the way through the laminated stock, just behind the thumb-hole. That was returned and fixed, but I think UPS was blamed for that. My first gun, a Browning Sweet Sixteen was given to me when I started hunting. I was a big fan of them with 2 shotguns, a 22 Buckmark and 3 A-Bolt rifles. Needless to say I wasn't pleased with them and have moved on to H-S Precision. A true gun maker stands by their product like Blaser. I bought a R-93 from my cousin who was the second owner of that rifle and had an issue with loading it. I shipped it to them and they polished the chamber to correct the loading issue and rebuilt both the left handed and right handed bolts that came with it. Now that is a stand up company, all it cost me was the cost to ship it to them. [/QUOTE]
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