X Bolt in Magnum Calibers?

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Has anyone used the X Bolt in 375? How strong is the extraction and ejection? Will it reliably eject live rounds when cycled at speed?

 

[CoElkHunter]

Great question.

 

[Mountaineer]

I bought one 3 months ago. I’ve shot it maybe 60 rounds. No issues yet. It shoots the 260 grain nosler partitions right a 1 inch. Recoil is tolerable.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I have a .338WM A Bolt that functions flawlessly. I'm sure the .375 will too in an X Bolt.

 

[40inarow]

I won a Browning X-Bolt in 30-06 in a sporting clays tournament. I had not paid attention to the X-Bolt previously. It's a great rifle. First, to speak to the controlled round feed comparison, the X-Bolt magazine design feeds the rounds straight up, not side to side. The polymer magazine is slick. I just got back from a south Texas hog hunt. I had five hogs come to the feeder, and I got three shots off as slick as you please. ( I did shoot across the course for several years with a bolt action in rapid fire, so I know how to work the bolt quickly and keep the rifle to my face.) If there were any feeding issues, they would show. The trigger on the X-Bolt is a three lever design and it's the only factory trigger on a rifle I ever bought that I didn't adjust or replace. The first load I tried shot 1" and I've not yet done load development but it killed three hogs and the bullets went where I was aiming. It's floated and bedded from the factory. I would take a .375 X-Bolt to Africa with confidence.

 

[Safari Dave]

Absolutely nothing wrong with it, if you want a reliable modern rifle.

If you have to have a "classic" .375, then hold out until something that costs at least $5,000 comes along.

 

[Longwalker]

A buddy has one in 7mm mag. The ejector plunger stuck while he was on a hunt and the rifle failed to eject. He is pretty handy but couldn't fix it himself, had to get the rifle shipped off to a 'smith. Kinda turned me off, besides not liking the style of the "bottom metal" er, plastic.

 

[Edster]

I've got an XBolt in 30-06 and 375H&H, both operate flawless. The 30-06 went to Africa last year, not a single problem with the rifle. Shooter on the other hand could have done better. THe 375 is scheduled fo rthe next trip to SA