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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 1543188" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>I have a A-bolt stainless stalker in .300 win that may be my most consistently accurate rifle and an A-bolt II composite in .338 win that is almost as good. I shortened both barrels to 24 inches shortly after buying them though because that extra couple inches made them feel awkward. The hardest part of tuning them was the trigger which takes much fiddling but is doable. I put a muzzle brake on the .338 because I got it for nothing. A friend blew up his A-bolt .338 and had no need for the screw-on brake afterward. My gunsmith wasn't fussy about pulling the barrel on mine to install it, as some of you have said, but his reason was because A-bolt receivers are sand blasted after being barrelled and the grit gets into the threads making them difficult to break free - but he managed it anyway. My biggest complaint about the A-bolt composites, at least the older ones like mine, is the stock. The front end is flimsy and twists easily making contact with the barrel unless you have lots of relief. I ended up epoxying a piece of aluminum channel under the barrel to firm it up although it adds a noticeable bit of weight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 1543188, member: 91402"] I have a A-bolt stainless stalker in .300 win that may be my most consistently accurate rifle and an A-bolt II composite in .338 win that is almost as good. I shortened both barrels to 24 inches shortly after buying them though because that extra couple inches made them feel awkward. The hardest part of tuning them was the trigger which takes much fiddling but is doable. I put a muzzle brake on the .338 because I got it for nothing. A friend blew up his A-bolt .338 and had no need for the screw-on brake afterward. My gunsmith wasn't fussy about pulling the barrel on mine to install it, as some of you have said, but his reason was because A-bolt receivers are sand blasted after being barrelled and the grit gets into the threads making them difficult to break free - but he managed it anyway. My biggest complaint about the A-bolt composites, at least the older ones like mine, is the stock. The front end is flimsy and twists easily making contact with the barrel unless you have lots of relief. I ended up epoxying a piece of aluminum channel under the barrel to firm it up although it adds a noticeable bit of weight. [/QUOTE]
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