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Gun Product Review - Browning A-Bolt in 25 WSSM

I have owned this rifle for about a year now and had not even taken it out of the box.  I won the rifle at a conservation banquet and since the majority of my hunts were chasing elk over the past several years, the 25 WSSM caliber was really not going to get it done.  This year all of that is going to change and I am using the rifle for hunting deer in Virginia.  In the last 4 months the rifle has been brought out of the box and handed over to my trusty gunsmith who set a Leupold VX-III onto the top of it, bore sighted it, and sent it back to me.

Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to take it up to the Poconos to the Timber Ridge Deer Camp and sight it in and see what it was capable of.  I shot Winchester ammunition through it because I could not find 25 WSSM in the Federal Premium Barnes Triple Shock loads that I normally shoot. After sighting in the rifle we shot some bowling pins from 110 yards and this gun is light and sweet to use.  It does not have the punishing effects of my big 300 win mag while target shooting and it is light and quick to shoulder.

If you are looking for a quick rising, light action rifle for Whitetail Deer and Pronghorn this might just be the rifle and the caliber you are looking for.  I know that I am now looking for another one of these in 270 win for an all around rifle and this one will be handed down to Brandon when gets out of college.

PROS

• Light Rifle

• Quick to Shoulder/Great Fit
  

• Clean Lines

• Quick Action 

CONS

• Ammo hard to find. 

Submitted by Kevin Paulson

Model		A-Bolt Composite Stalker
Item Number		035012272
Caliber		25 WSSM
Action Type		Super Short Action
Magazine Capacity		3
Barrel Length		22"
Nominal Overall Length		40 7/8"
Nominal Length of Pull		13 3/8"
Nominal Drop at Comb		5/8"
Nominal Drop at Heel		1/2"
Nominal Weight		6 lbs. 1 oz.
Rate of Twist		1 turn in 10 "
Metal Finish		Matte Blued
Wood Finish		Matte Black
Stock / Grip		Composite
U.S. Suggested Retail		$770.00