Does anyone here have experience with the Browning .22lr T-Bolt Sportster

[MightyPlank]

There is one for sale for cheap (I would say worryingly cheap but its just a 22 and it seems in good shape) near me and I was wondering if anyone had used one for either rabbits or Squirrels or just as a target rifle.

Its cheaper than a lot of the other offerings and comes with a moderator.

Everyone in my club seems to shoot CZs for their .22 bolt actions but I tend to prefer straight pulls. Are browning a reliable company at the moment or best avoided?

Thanks.

 

[Zetter]

I had one in .17HMR and while a nice rifle the trigger was horrible for weight. There is various info on how to make it nicer from the factory unit if you are that way inclined (I am mechanically challenged so that was a no in my case) I dropped a Jard trigger unit into it which transformed the rifle to be fair but did cost about a third of the rifles cost!
The most recent CZ triggers I have a 457 in .22lr are really nice and the one I had did not need any messing about with.

This I think is the issue with the T bolt and why they come up a lot cheap is the trigger pull. When I first got mine and I was zeroing it I loaded it and was pressing the trigger and in the end checked if the safety was on as it was so heavy. At that point as I had bought it and was sort of stuck with it I punted to replace the trigger unit rather than another hassle variation.