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Browning A-Bolt Micro Hunter

LightningLightning Member Posts: 945 ✭✭✭✭
edited December 2001 in Ask the Experts
Anybody familiar with this gun. Thinking of getting one in 308. Wondering what kind of groups I could expect from it. Any pros or cons.
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  • LightningLightning Member Posts: 945 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anybody ????
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  • jgill13jgill13 Member Posts: 51 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lightning,....I bought a Browning A bolt Micro-Hunter in .308 a few weeks ago. I did not get to a 'real' range with a benchrest and all yet but I did do a quick 100 yard zero with it out in the field. I zeroed it for 1 1/2 inches high at 100 yards. I believe my 3 round shot group was approximately a 1 1/2 inch group, I'm SURE it is capable of better given; bench shooting conditions, experimenting with different ammo (I used Remington 150 grain cor-lok), and last but not least is the big variable of the shooters skill,....most weapons are capable of shooting far better than the shooter ever will be able to! Anyways, I LOVE the gun, it looks beautiful, great handling/shoulders very well, and quick. It has the shorter length of pull (stock) which makes for easier handling in a tree stand and also makes it easier to shoulder when wearing a heavier jacket during late hunting season. I don't buy guns for competition target shooting, I buy them to shoot deer, and for this the .308 Micro-Hunter is more than accurate. Good Luck!! enough!
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  • jgill13jgill13 Member Posts: 51 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ooops,.....the "enough" was supposed to go IN FRONT of the "Good Luck" !!!
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  • jhj370jhj370 Member Posts: 57 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've been thinking of getting the same thing but a guy I hunt with said the new Winchester was a better investment. I don't know if it's true, but you might want to check it out.
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  • jgill13jgill13 Member Posts: 51 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    jhj370, "better investment"....what exactly do you mean by that? If you buy weapons STRICTLY for 'investment' purposes than I guess money means everything,....but the average person buys weapons (I thought) for other purposes; like hunting or target shooting. Where personal preference and a gun/caliber capable of handling your specific situation is the ruling factor, not money/investment (w/in reason of course, were not millionaires!). I honestly don't mean to jump your case but the phrase "better investment" struck me as off the mark, doesn't anyone buy guns anymore that they just plain like and that 'feel' right to them? Don't mean to ruffle your feathers.
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  • jhj370jhj370 Member Posts: 57 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sorry for getting you all worked up. My point was that if the only difference b/t the 2 was price, don't waste money on the more expensive item, just to say it cost more. I'm into getting the most for my money. Thanks for the rebuttle, it keeps me on my toes.
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  • LightningLightning Member Posts: 945 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks guys.....Thats what I wanted to know.
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