Browning X Bolt

[Hornet 6]

edit: he no longer sells them.

"We have discontinued the sale of this spring, and have removed them from our web site. here is a short description of why:
When the task of installing a new spring in a Browning X-Bolt trigger is accomplished with care and attention to detail, it is not a difficult job. However, when a person with little experience in this type of work, does not pay due attention to detail, problems can arise. This is not my fault, nor is it the fault of the spring. However, after more than a year of answering questions about how to take the trigger apart and how to put it back together, I just decided that both my customers and myself would have fewer problems if I simply stopped selling it.
Regards, Ernie "

For those interested here is a link to the how to do it page, save it while it is still active No.12. Browning X-Bolt Install a Light Trigger Spring

Neil.

 

[AllThingsShooting]

Before you buy give it a try, but also try others within your budget. As BD
said in earlier posts I saw him go through mass number of issues with his!

 

[Spoony]

sako 123g

 

[Spoony]

but you can unload it with the safty on, and the bolt can be decocked for storage, without firing it.

 

[Hornet 6]

but you can unload it with the safty on, and the bolt can be decocked for storage, without firing it.

The earlier claim that dry firing is the only way to de-cock is also wrong, It can be de-cocked in the gun without dry firing, pull the trigger and hold, close bolt and lower the handle, release trigger, job done.

Neil.

 

[Davie_M]

sako 123g

Thanks Mate

 

[Davie_M]

Do you need to decock the bolt ? tiied it once with my cz 527 dropped the bolt and it fell to bits took ages to figure out how it went back togther

 

[Sharpie]

The earlier claim that dry firing is the only way to de-cock is also wrong, It can be de-cocked in the gun without dry firing, pull the trigger and hold, close bolt and lower the handle, release trigger, job done.

Neil.

This (what I meant by "the usual method") doesn't work on the X-bolt (or A-bolt) AFAIK. I've tried both at a dealer's. Perhaps both were faulty ? The trigger would only release the firing pin when the bolt was completely closed, not when the handle was raised. I suspect it is a safety feature to prevent the gun being fired with the bolt incompletely closed.

Perhaps an owner could confirm whether I have got this wrong.

 

[Sharpie]

Do you need to decock the bolt ?

Yes, so I can see (or feel) that the rifle is loaded and ready to fire, or alternatively that I have intentionally closed it on an empty chamber.

I am not talking about decocking it whilst closed on a live round, which is no longer considered safe.

 

[devon deer stalker]

I agree the trigger is too heavy when first purchased, but is easily adjusted.
For the money they do the job, here is mine in 30-06, Mule deer 404 yards.

Cheers
Richard

 

[artschool]

This (what I meant by "the usual method") doesn't work on the X-bolt (or A-bolt) AFAIK. I've tried both at a dealer's. Perhaps both were faulty ? The trigger would only release the firing pin when the bolt was completely closed, not when the handle was raised. I suspect it is a safety feature to prevent the gun being fired with the bolt incompletely closed.

Perhaps an owner could confirm whether I have got this wrong.

the xbolt can be decocked in the normal manner.

 

[Sharpie]

the xbolt can be decocked in the normal manner.

Thanks for that correction. I wonder what we (me and the dealer) were doing wrong.