Posted: 1/2/2007 12:45:44 PM EDT
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I have a friend interested in a new .30-06 Sprig hunting rifle. He is looking at the Browning BOSS system, and watch the BOSS video at Browning Video While I conceide that the barrel harmonics control much of what happens to a projectile as it leaves the barrel, it seems too good to be true that MOA accuracy can be achieved with any factory ammo. From what I understand, there are more accuracy variables such as bullet jump to the lands, rate of twist vs. weight, etc. It appears from Browning literature that the BOSS addition to an A-Bolt rifle is ~$100. Is this money well spent for the average hunter? |
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Um you can get sub MOA results with federal gold medal match and others, in a factory stock remington PSS or VS and many others I'm sure. The BOSS thing works as well, its one method for tuning bbl harmonics so that the last node coincides with the end of the bbl for one particular type of ammo. You can do the same thing with handloading. |
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I have one. It's so ear-splittingly loud that I took it off. Now I have a barrel with threads and calibrations showing, wrapped in a bit of duct tape. The ironic part is, I can't tell any difference in accuracy.  (If your buddy still wants one, I'll sell him mine real cheap  )
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For like $20, you can get the CR (conventional recoil) end that doesn't have a muzzle break incorporated into it. No louder than any other rifle. It does make a difference. You can tune the barrel to get better and better accuracy with whatever load you shoot... and if you reload, you don't necessarily have to sacrifice velocity for accuracy anymore. Get the bullet as fast as you can safely get it to go, tune the barrel and you're done. I have one and it's worth it. ETA: The average hunter couldn't keep his shots on a dinner plate offhand at 100 yards with a match quality rifle... I'm an accuracy freak though, so it's up to the individual as to how important accuracy is to them. ETA II: For all the 'ear-splitting loud' posters above, a link to fix your problem for around $20. BOSS CR |