Browning A-Bolt II Eclipse

[quadzilla]

I've always admired these from afar, as one of the local shops had the '1000' (yard?) version - which is a 300 win mag - on hand when I was purchasing my first bolt gun several years ago. The green laminated thumbhole stock is a looker indeed. I was inspired enough to buy the cheaper 'Hunter' version of that same gun.

I ran across an Eclipse Varmint in .22-250 yesterday, in mint shape. Its got a Vari-XIII 6.5-20x40 AO on top of it and probably could walk out the door with me for $900-950. The ones I can find in various online sources (and they are not .22-250) are priced $800-$1000+ for the gun only.

Anyone own an Eclipse? How's this setup shoot? It looks and feels great, and of course the high quality optics are an incredible bonus. With a bipod on this thing I'd guess it could be quite the shooter - assuming the pilot was up to the task.

 

[Black Snowman]

My Father was envious of my CZ 550 Varmit Laminate and traded off a couple old shotguns for one and some cash. It's a sweet rifle indeed. It's a .308 just like my CZ but the BOSS on it makes the sucker LOUD. It's plenty accurate and a lot of fun to shoot. Very mild recoil if can get over the noise

If you don't like the noise Browning will send you an unported "BOSS" end for free. Works and shoots great. Incredible accuracy potential, especially for the hand loader.