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DaBowMan18
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I found a gun that looked kind interesting to me. It is a browning a-bolt 300win stainless/synthetic w/ boss. is this over kill for whitetails? it says that the boss reduces the felt recoil from 29 to 19 pounds.....sound true?
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I found a gun that looked kind interesting to me. It is a browning a-bolt 300win stainless/synthetic w/ boss. is this over kill for whitetails? it says that the boss reduces the felt recoil from 29 to 19 pounds.....sound true?
IMHO, 300WM is not an overkill for whitetails. I shoot 180g from javelina/pronghorn antelope to elk/moose between 75 yards to 400 yards.
The BOSS simply tunes the vibrations of the barrel (to the sweet spot) while reducing the felt recoil. The muzzle brake (not BOSS) on my 300WM reduces the felt recoil to .243. Sound blast is deafening and should take proper hearing protection. Should also be mindful of the muzzle blast at all times.
Having said that, with all the adrenaline going, you won't feel the recoil or noise when you are out in the field but I still recommend at least a foamie ear plug.
No caliber is really over-kill....Dead is dead. As mentioned you do not need to use full power loads; tune the load to the job.
The BOSS does indeed increase noise to the shooter and to bystanders. It reduces recoil by reducing the jet effect of the hot gasses. The jet effect can account for 30% of the felt recoil when firing a gun. The boss re-directs the gasses in a circle around the barrel. This is what re-directs the noise from the sonic blast of gas to the shooters ears.
However; inserting plugs before shooting is seldom a problem.
Yes, big reduction in recoil. I have a Browning A Bolt Medallion, w/a ported B.O.S.S....and...amplifies the blast, and?...ever heard a quite big cal rifle?
If you don't reload it's worth it...you can change grns. of your round and just "dial in" for that weight round...and stay accurate w/o sigthing in again.
Out of the box, w/150grn. .06...5/8" 4 shot group @ 100yds. from a sleeping bag rest off the hood of my truck...it's more accurate than I am...[;)]
PS BaBow: there's ported...and non ported...no port=no recoil reduction, obvious.
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' course it won't sound as cool as .300 mag. Why buy a rifle chambered for a round you find unpleasant to shoot, then have to spend more money looking for a way to make it less unpleasant in order to hunt whitetails which will fall very nicely indeed for a .243? Makes no sense to me whatever old son.