I have an associate that wants to trade a Browning A Bolt Medallion in .270 for my Remington 700ss BDl in 30-06. I only payed $300 for the rifle at a local store, they where getting rid of them to make room for the new Remington xcr rifle. I would make money on the deal. The problem is I have the Remington shooting really well, I worked on the trigger, and worked a good deer load up for it. It shoots under 1/2" at 100yds. What should I do?

Question:
I have an associate that wants to trade a Browning A Bolt Medallion in .270 for my Remington 700ss BDl in 30-06. I only payed $300 for the rifle at a local store, they where getting rid of them to make room for the new Remington xcr rifle. I would make money on the deal. The problem is I have the Remington shooting really well, I worked on the trigger, and worked a good deer load up for it. It shoots under 1/2" at 100yds. What should I do?

Choices:
Keep the Remington.
Trade for the Browning.

 

I'ld keep an accurate M700 any day, besides, I don't like the .270.

I don't like A Bolts

You are not making that much money. If you have a good shooting Remmy, keep it. Browning triggers are a pain. Browning barrels do not change out easily. If you want extra whistles and bells for the Remmy they are available. Brownings are VERY limited to aftermarket enhancements. The 30-06 has a wider range of applications. Bottom line, he probably wants to trade for a very good reason.

Better the devil you know, than the devil you don't!
If you want to play around with load development,ask him if he wants help finding a good load for his rifle. You may find the reason he wanted to trade is "Accuracy Envy".
Just a thought, Doug

I voted for you to keep the Remington as Browning A-Bolts have never inpressed me. Why does he want to trade?

Deespite the bad rap that Remington.......and Browning get on this forum, they are both great guns. I examples of each. But despite the fact that Brownings are made in Japan I have to give them credit as being a step up from Remiongton. I Like the tang safety. I like the fact that the safety locks the bolt when on safe. I LOVE the 60 degree vs 90 for Remington. And mine (2) are very accurate. I'd make teh trade. Especially when you look at what you paid for teh Remington. If in teh end you decided too sell teh Browning......you'd come out ahead.

Right now the vote is 22-5 to keep the Remington.

Seems pretty good advice one might say.

I just checked with http://www.timneytriggers.com for the 2 rifles mentioned the rem trigger can be changed but the browning can have springs changed to lighten trigger pull.

If money is your only goal in the transaction and you can make money by selling the Browning to another purchaser go for it.

I would never trade a good shooting Rem or most any other rifle for an A Bolt unless I were moving it for more money. Plateau Hunter

If you're trading to keep, keep the remmie. Plus, if you've got a good shooting load, that's worth a lot! I donwanna Browining!

Keep the accurate 30/06 and buy the 270 and turn it for a profit.
Who in their right mind would ever trade off an accurate '06 for a .270?

If you have a rifle that is reliable and consistently shoots under 1/2" there is no way in heck I would get rid of it. That is exceptional accuracy from a factory rifle and not many high dollar customs in big game calibers will consistently do better. That being said, Brownings have a reputation for being accurate, well fitted rifles out of the box. Personally, Remington's feel better to me than Browings, but that's a personal decision. There is nothing wrong with experimenting with new rounds, so if that is your motivation, then do the trade.

-Lou

A Medallion is too purty to drag thru the woods compared to the 700 you are speaking of. I doubt you'll have the Abolt shooting as good as your 700 either.

Good Luck

Reloader

His reason for trading is that he wants a stainless synthetic, he states he is always afraid he's gonna scratch, ding and dent the browning. He also doesn't know how good the Remington shoots. Personally I don't really like either rifle. I would like to get a model 7ss in .308 or 7mm-08. But for $300 I couldn't pass the 700 up.

A good shooting 06 for an unknown .270, Stay with your 06,
if you want a .270 go find one, I have both rounds in excelent rifles but the A-bolts just don't do much for me anyway...tj3006

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Originally posted by Fjold:
I don't like A Bolts

Right! If it was a Browning using the FN Mauser action, it would be a different story.......