Wanted: Browning A-Bolt Shotgun


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Browning USED to make an A-Bolt 12 ga. rifled barrel, so this guy plus every other mother's son that lives in a shotgun state would give their I-teeth for one. They just don't make any more, and there are darn few on the market, ever!

HB

To this day I can not see why Browning took them off the market either! The nicest rifled slug gun I ever seen! Maybe one day they will bring them back!

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Maybe the cost to make them did not allow a margin for profit that was attractive to the company in light of expected sales, and/or an increased retail price did not attract enough buyers such that the company felt expenses would be borne out by the demand.

Just a theory.

They are nice, but a great muzzleloader can be had for a lot less and is usable in most shotgun zones, plus my old Marlin 512 can be had for half that price! Marlin, Savage and Mossberg all have/had very good (performance wise) bolt slug guns. They were all various degrees of ugly, though.

HB

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I have a Savage 210 and it is a great shooting slug gun.

The Browning A-Bolt was made for just a few years and was discontinued due to lack of sales. Not many people wanted to buy a slug gun for around $800.

The A-Bolt is truely a one of a kind gun though.

That being said, check out the video on this new Ithaca Deerslayer III. This looks like a heck of a slug gun.

http://www.ithacagun.com/deerslayer3.html

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That DSIII does look nice, but again, MSRP is almost $1200. If you are not married to a repeater, and are just dying to replace the Savage, How about the Encore Pro-Hunter in 12 or 20 gauge with the stainless, fluted barrel? Mine shot honest 3" 100 yard groups, and that was with only trying 3 kinds of ammo.

HB

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