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Re: 300 caliber
« Reply #30 on: March 09, 2009, 10:27:00 AM »
If you accidentally bump the release on any other type of detachable box it falls out not so with the browning and if you inadvertently bump or open the regular internal mag your rounds go all over the ground. superdown

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Re: 300 caliber
« Reply #31 on: March 09, 2009, 10:36:50 AM »
The Browning design doesn't allow you to seat bullets anywhere near the lands with most cartridges though, because you loose a lot of magazine space. I can think of two guys who lost pretty large blacktail bucks because they were fooling around with that stupid magazine... or forgot it in the truck all together.
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Re: 300 caliber
« Reply #32 on: March 09, 2009, 12:12:27 PM »
You make some valid points about handloading but were your buddies road hunting? I cant think of single time when actually hunting were loading speed was an issue. also forgeting a mag in the truck doesn't seem likely for a person who checks their weapon over before heading into the bush. superdown
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Re: 300 caliber
« Reply #33 on: March 09, 2009, 01:37:04 PM »
The Browning design doesn't allow you to seat bullets anywhere near the lands with most cartridges though, because you loose a lot of magazine space. I can think of two guys who lost pretty large blacktail bucks because they were fooling around with that stupid magazine... or forgot it in the truck all together.

The magizine length thing is a major pisser.  Bugs the crap out of me.  Other than that, I really luv the action and features of the the Browning.  Never had any other problems with the box interfering with anything.  I've been tempted to buy other calibers to see if they'd work better in respect to longer COLs.  I'm afraid it would effect how it feeds though.  If you compare the boxes from different cals the only difference seems to be the plastic inserts that makes them a certain fit for certain cals.  I'll have to give it a try sometime. 

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Re: 300 caliber
« Reply #34 on: March 09, 2009, 01:50:07 PM »
You make some valid points about handloading but were your buddies road hunting? I cant think of single time when actually hunting were loading speed was an issue. also forgeting a mag in the truck doesn't seem likely for a person who checks their weapon over before heading into the bush. superdown

No... but neither of them are the sharpest tools in the shed, and one of them now works for the WDFW (that should clue you in right there!). I know one of the times the guy grabbed the wrong mag on the way out the door... took the .338 mag when he was shooting an '06 (both mags had rounds in them sitting in the safe... simple mistake)... didn't know it till we got to the top of the mountain. On the way down a nice 3x4 walked right out in front of us... and then stopped in a clear-cut at about 60 yards... he did get out and throw a rock at it... I don't think it made him feel better.

I've just never found a situation that I felt a detatchable magazine was a good thing on a hunting rifle. I like having a floorplate so I can just drop the rounds without having to cycle them... but a magazine... naw. Never seen anyone dump the rounds from a rifle on accident... but dumber stuff has happened... hell, Obama got elected.
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Re: 300 caliber
« Reply #35 on: March 09, 2009, 03:13:11 PM »
Yeah, well that's one of the many reasons i allways have a back up rifle with me it's usually something like a 308mkII77 or a blr in 358

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Re: 300 caliber
« Reply #36 on: March 14, 2009, 10:14:50 PM »
The Browning design doesn't allow you to seat bullets anywhere near the lands with most cartridges though, because you loose a lot of magazine space. I can think of two guys who lost pretty large blacktail bucks because they were fooling around with that stupid magazine... or forgot it in the truck all together.
I have a 7mm abolt i shoot 168 bergers o.a.l 3.350 on the lands and can put 3 rounds in the clip.just file the clip.

 


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