BROWNING X-BOLT LONG RANGE 300 RUM 1/8 TWIST

[Turbo2160]

Prophet river has dies in stock.. there location is the Sask/AB great people to deal with..

RCBS - FULL LENGTH DIES - 300 REM ULTRA MAG - 17601

 

[Drjones65]

This was shared with me by a guy that does does custom load development:

"So the Browning's shoot best with a tangent ojive bullet. It's just how they chamber the barrel. So the hornady eld x or the nosler bullets would more than likely be your best bet.
The bullet I use the most is Berger's and I love them, but I don't have Browning rifles. All the Browning's I've done load development for love the hornadys."

 

[Outbacker]

Hey whats up guys !!

I got gifted by my girlfriend a Browning Xbolt Long range chambered in 300 rum, I mounted it with a vx6 4x24x52 leupold scope. Im having a hard time getting a good group, tried the sirocco 180gr, the eldx 220gr, the corelokt 180gr and neither shoots well, these are all factory amunition, getting groups 2 to 3 inch at 100 yards and 4 to 6 inch at 200yards.

Its after that I realised that the twist rate is 1/8 !!! im not a pro but did some research on the net and saw that an 1/8 twist in a 300 rum i should go 230gr and beyond.

My last rum was a 1/10 twist remington, so never had to deal with this...

Being from Montreal, Canada bullets supply are hard to find so i think im going to have to reload my own bullets which is something new for me or sell the gun and get my girl ****ed at me for a couple of weeks

I know there is the new A-Tip bullets 250gr from hornady, should i go with it ? but is it good for hunting too ?


Did any of you had experience with 300 rum Xbolt long range ? or do you guys have any tips ?

Thanks !

Hey whats up guys !!

I got gifted by my girlfriend a Browning Xbolt Long range chambered in 300 rum, I mounted it with a vx6 4x24x52 leupold scope. Im having a hard time getting a good group, tried the sirocco 180gr, the eldx 220gr, the corelokt 180gr and neither shoots well, these are all factory amunition, getting groups 2 to 3 inch at 100 yards and 4 to 6 inch at 200yards.

Its after that I realised that the twist rate is 1/8 !!! im not a pro but did some research on the net and saw that an 1/8 twist in a 300 rum i should go 230gr and beyond.

My last rum was a 1/10 twist remington, so never had to deal with this...

Being from Montreal, Canada bullets supply are hard to find so i think im going to have to reload my own bullets which is something new for me or sell the gun and get my girl ****ed at me for a couple of weeks

I know there is the new A-Tip bullets 250gr from hornady, should i go with it ? but is it good for hunting too ?


Did any of you had experience with 300 rum Xbolt long range ? or do you guys have any tips ?

Thanks !!

I purchased a 28 nosler in the same gun 2 years ago and after 2 scopes and a few bucks in different boxes of ammo I have yet to get a grouping. Thinking about contacting Browning. Good luck

 

[billflangjr813]

Hey whats up guys !!

I got gifted by my girlfriend a Browning Xbolt Long range chambered in 300 rum, I mounted it with a vx6 4x24x52 leupold scope. Im having a hard time getting a good group, tried the sirocco 180gr, the eldx 220gr, the corelokt 180gr and neither shoots well, these are all factory amunition, getting groups 2 to 3 inch at 100 yards and 4 to 6 inch at 200yards.

Its after that I realised that the twist rate is 1/8 !!! im not a pro but did some research on the net and saw that an 1/8 twist in a 300 rum i should go 230gr and beyond.

My last rum was a 1/10 twist remington, so never had to deal with this...

Being from Montreal, Canada bullets supply are hard to find so i think im going to have to reload my own bullets which is something new for me or sell the gun and get my girl ****ed at me for a couple of weeks

I know there is the new A-Tip bullets 250gr from hornady, should i go with it ? but is it good for hunting too ?


Did any of you had experience with 300 rum Xbolt long range ? or do you guys have any tips ?

Thanks !!

Send your Girlfriend my way !! Please

 

[INVICTUS]

My family is from Morgan, Utah. (Home of Browning) and for decades we have grown up shooting Browning firearms and have been fiercely loyal. (I used to belong to the Browning Collectors Association). I have to say that the X-bolt is the biggest failure Browning has ever made! In the past 2 years I personally have owned and SOLD 3 different X-Bolt Long Range rifles. Why? Because they will not group! The last rifle I actually took to Browning and challenged them to get it to group and they couldn't. My family members have now sold 5 different X-bolt Long Range Rifles (from basic to Hell's Canyon models) and I currently have 2 more Browning X-bolt 300 WM Longe Range Rifle set ups up for sale (been for sale for 2 months and have not had a single inquiry). We all reload and have invested countless dollars in reloading supplies (various powders and bullets) to no avail. Look at Browning's website under discontinued X-bolt models. The list is LONG! Why do they keep tinkering with it? We already know that they had a recall on their rotary magazines because they won't feed. Browning knows they have quality issues with that gun!
I also own a Remington Sendero 300 WM and a Cooper M52 300 WM. I can shoot small clover leafs all day long with the same ammo that would not pattern in a Browning. No one can convince me it is simply the powder or the bullet.

Sell that rifle and save yourself countless severe headaches!

I'm sad to hear all that but it certainly explains what I have seen. I'm sure there are exceptions but the guns I've seen just don't perform the way I would expect them to. It's very sad that things have come to this.

 

[Reelamin]

It's not your bullet weight causing the accuracy problems. Put your most accurate bullet (across all your rifles) at a good starting velocity and it will tell you real quick if it has potential. For me it would be the 180 Ballistic Tip in a hunting bullet and a 180 Match King in a target bullet. Just me, and I can tell pretty quick if it is the gun or the ammo.

 

[spladi]

Thats the first 8 twist I ever heard of in a .30, I guess maybe I am behind the times. Have heard of a 9 twist.

 

[diamonddave2]

I recently watched a YouTube video comparing an Xbolt and a Tika T3. They were not 300 RUM, but, the reviewer noticed the Xbolt had very bad stock flex and a poor trigger pull. It managed to put together a great 1000 yard group, but didn't group at 100 yards. I feel the stock is probably your issue. Take a look at this video and see if your rifle has the same issues.

 

[FUDD2.0]

Thats the first 8 twist I ever heard of in a .30, I guess maybe I am behind the times. Have heard of a 9 twist.

My Western hunter has 1:8

 

[NeedForSpeed]

Hey whats up guys !!

I got gifted by my girlfriend a Browning Xbolt Long range chambered in 300 rum, I mounted it with a vx6 4x24x52 leupold scope. Im having a hard time getting a good group, tried the sirocco 180gr, the eldx 220gr, the corelokt 180gr and neither shoots well, these are all factory amunition, getting groups 2 to 3 inch at 100 yards and 4 to 6 inch at 200yards.

Its after that I realised that the twist rate is 1/8 !!! im not a pro but did some research on the net and saw that an 1/8 twist in a 300 rum i should go 230gr and beyond.

My last rum was a 1/10 twist remington, so never had to deal with this...

Being from Montreal, Canada bullets supply are hard to find so i think im going to have to reload my own bullets which is something new for me or sell the gun and get my girl ****ed at me for a couple of weeks

I know there is the new A-Tip bullets 250gr from hornady, should i go with it ? but is it good for hunting too ?


Did any of you had experience with 300 rum Xbolt long range ? or do you guys have any tips ?

Thanks !!

How do you like the scope? I just ordered one

 

[Iron Worker]

Problem is the thin bbl , I had one in 6.5 PRC . It shot very poorly . So the fix is new heavier barrel with a slower twist

 

[richhymas]

Hey whats up guys !!

I got gifted by my girlfriend a Browning Xbolt Long range chambered in 300 rum, I mounted it with a vx6 4x24x52 leupold scope. Im having a hard time getting a good group, tried the sirocco 180gr, the eldx 220gr, the corelokt 180gr and neither shoots well, these are all factory amunition, getting groups 2 to 3 inch at 100 yards and 4 to 6 inch at 200yards.

Its after that I realised that the twist rate is 1/8 !!! im not a pro but did some research on the net and saw that an 1/8 twist in a 300 rum i should go 230gr and beyond.

My last rum was a 1/10 twist remington, so never had to deal with this...

Being from Montreal, Canada bullets supply are hard to find so i think im going to have to reload my own bullets which is something new for me or sell the gun and get my girl ****ed at me for a couple of weeks

I know there is the new A-Tip bullets 250gr from hornady, should i go with it ? but is it good for hunting too ?


Did any of you had experience with 300 rum Xbolt long range ? or do you guys have any tips ?

Thanks !!

I have the 7mm and 300 win mag in that exact gun. I recommend 230 Bergers. You may also try the 212 or 220 grain ELD-X. If you don't need to shoot over 600 yards try the 200 grain A-frame or Nosler Partition. But really, that 230 Berger should shoot. May need to tune it a bit. Start at max mag length and shoot 3 shot groups in 1/2 grain increments (make sure you are off the lands). Once you find a decent group work back in .010 increments until it starts to shoot, and then go +\- 0.005 to see if thst helps further.

 

[spladi]

I wonder if that fast twist and high velocity of the 300 U M could be too much for a less than optimum bullet core / jacket adhesion construction ?

 

[C S Fever]

Hey whats up guys !!

I got gifted by my girlfriend a Browning Xbolt Long range chambered in 300 rum, I mounted it with a vx6 4x24x52 leupold scope. Im having a hard time getting a good group, tried the sirocco 180gr, the eldx 220gr, the corelokt 180gr and neither shoots well, these are all factory amunition, getting groups 2 to 3 inch at 100 yards and 4 to 6 inch at 200yards.

Its after that I realised that the twist rate is 1/8 !!! im not a pro but did some research on the net and saw that an 1/8 twist in a 300 rum i should go 230gr and beyond.

My last rum was a 1/10 twist remington, so never had to deal with this...

Being from Montreal, Canada bullets supply are hard to find so i think im going to have to reload my own bullets which is something new for me or sell the gun and get my girl ****ed at me for a couple of weeks

I know there is the new A-Tip bullets 250gr from hornady, should i go with it ? but is it good for hunting too ?


Did any of you had experience with 300 rum Xbolt long range ? or do you guys have any tips ?

Thanks !!

I have exactly the same rifle it's a shooter! I'm using 220 eld-x and V N565 and it loves it! Good case fill and .040 off the lands still fits the magazine too! Great SD too! It's my favourite long range rifle!