2010 Browning X Bolt rifle
01-18-2010, 03:00 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 9
2010 Browning X Bolt rifle
2010 x bolt's are up on there website. 13 different variations of the rifle and NONE in left hand.
They are losing a sale with me. Who else? The search for left handed rifles is pretty frustrating.
They are losing a sale with me. Who else? The search for left handed rifles is pretty frustrating.
01-19-2010, 01:28 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Paducah, Kentucky
Posts: 146
Yeah I feel sorry for you left handers out there. Problem with Browning A Bolt and X Bolt is there is a palm swell in the grip which makes it pretty much a right handed gun, or a really really awkward left handed gun. They are such nice rifles.
01-19-2010, 10:04 AM
#5
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 19
I shoot left handed, but don't like left handed bolt guns. I have an x-bolt and have no problems at all shooting it left handed. I grew up with a bolt action 22 and got so used to the right handed bolt that a left hand just feels foreign to me. What I really like about Browning is the tang mounted safety. great for left handers.
01-19-2010, 02:26 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Paducah, Kentucky
Posts: 146
I take that back after looking again, my synthetic stocked stainless steel A Bolt has the palm swell but the older .308 doesn't have one. I got it used and think it is a Micro Hunter model since it has a 20" barrel on it. The tang safety would be a convenience for lefties for sure.
01-19-2010, 06:25 PM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: California
Posts: 347
There's a left handed A-Bolt in 7mm Mag on the Gun/Classified section of this site, check it out.
01-19-2010, 06:45 PM
#9
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01-20-2010, 03:48 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: VA, USA
Posts: 3,116
That is really your opinion. What is better for you may not be for someone else. I do not care for the way an A Bolt feels when I shoulder it. However when I shoulder the X Bolt it feels better. There are also improvements to the X Bolt that many feel are worthwhile. I personally like the magazine and the bolt unlock that the X Bolt offers.