Opinion on Browning Medallion Rifle.

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Nice looking but I have n idea of quality or popularity.

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makindu

Have personal experience with 2 brand new Browning Medallions. A 1996 30-06 Medallion with BOSS, and a 1999 280 Rem Medallion (the later might have actually been made in an earlier year). Both guns shot consistently under 1 inch (3 shot grps) at 100 yds (once the BOSS was optimized for the particular load) for me, and I'm mainly a shotgunner/birdhunter. Both guns had beautiful walnut stocks with the rosewood cap. Fit and finish was above average. My only complaint was that on both guns (and every new from the factory recent Browning Medallion that I have ever held at a gunshop and inspected up close), the rear of the floorplate/latch always hangs down a bit, and never closes up tight and flush with the bottom of the walnut stock. Looks to be a design flaw to me. The floor plate just sort of hangs down low at the rear, and you can see an ugly gap.
Update: I ended up selling both rifles because I couldn't put up with the gawd awful deafening muzzle blast. Even tried the 'BOSS-CR conventional recoil' muzzle breaks, but to no avail. Still too loud (for me) for comfortable hunting under the hemlocks up here in Northern Wisconsin. Also, the high gloss finish wasn't really suitable for hunting on sunny days, could * an animal a long way off. Yes, I could have purchased the satin finished wood, matte finished barrel Hunter model, but I was such a novice at the time... went for all the flash and glitter of the Medallion model. PRETTY TO LOOK AT!! AND ACCURATE!! ... well, this was my .04 cents. Probably too much info. My bad. mak

my-handyman

If its an Browning FN Medallion it's Great gun! Just watch out for salt wood.

COLT

...Browning .06 A Bolt Medallion w/ported B.O.S.S....and love it vs Sako, Weatherby etc that I own/owned, shoots as well or better than any of them; some of which were "new" back 30-40 years ago when IMO quality was better than what these companys produce today.

...If you don't like your guns making a "bang" when you shoot 'em, buy with a B.O.S.S. that is not ported, then the noise level is no more than any other like caliber, simple.

...I shoot consistant 5/8" 3 shot 100yd groups using OTS 150grn Federal, load your own, you may do better. I like the B.O.S.S. because you can dial it in, simple and done in seconds to the 150grn load then if you jump up to a larger 180 pill, just dial it in to that grain pill, w/o having to zero again.

...At first because of how nice the wood and finish was I caught myself being EXTRA careful with it, I found that a PIA. After a few bumps that left no marks it made me realize what I already new about Brownings high gloss finishes, their finish is one of the TOUGHEST of clear finishes applied to any gun, so I stopped babying it...still no dings.

...I'd rate mine up there with any of the higher priced factory rifles I own/owned, including a couple I had built from the actions up...and a lot less exspenssive, no complaints on mine...[;)]

Ambrose

I have an A-bolt Medallion in .270 and the guy who hunts my place has one in .280 (no BOSS on either). Both rifles shoot very well and are pretty to look at. I would recommend the rifle without reservation. The only down-side is that if the shiny stock finish gets scratched, it's about impossible to touch up. (The up-side to that is; both of our rifles had scuffs on the stocks so we bought them cheap!)

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