Browning BOSS

gamestalker · Feb 16, 2012

Back in the mid-ish 1990's Browning introduced the Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System, or BOSS, which was intended to reduce harmonic distortion. This barrel tuning device made it possible to get much improved accuracy with most factory loads, and was great for hand loaded ammo too. I had the opportunity to shoot a few of these in various calibers and from what I coud tell, the system really did work. It also reduced felt recoil quite a bit, but that wasn't it's primary purpose.

So my question is, does anyone manufacture anything like the BOSS that can be installed on an average production rifle, like a 700?

Smith357 · Feb 16, 2012

These go under the generic term of Barrel Tuner and there are a few folks who make them, generally they are only used by BR shooters on heavy barreled BR rifles. You can find BOSS systems that were made to be put on sporter barrels. Limbsaver has a rubber doughnut that they call a barrel tuner. I made one for fun to test the concept and it did work it was just a pain to tinker with every time the weather changed.

http://www.benchrest.com/timeprecision/SUPERTUNER/supertuner.html

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1540/Product/ADJUSTABLE-MUZZLE-BRAKE

warbirdlover · Feb 16, 2012

Just buy a new one at Brownell's

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=...187_a_7c828_a_7c149001833_d_149001833_d_11131

or...

http://www.varmintal.com/atune.htm

http://www.rifle-accuracy.com/smartstock.htm

http://shadetreeea.com/barrelTuners.html

http://www.loweyproducts.com/html/tuners.html

http://benchrest.com/timeprecision/SUPERTUNER/supertuner.html

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