Top Backcountry Kid's Rifle Reviewed: Browning X-Bolt Micro
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Joseph von Benedikt
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
SHOW NOTES
Topic: Compact Rifles for Beginners and Small-Framed Hunters
Up-front Q&A:
- Barrel cleaning procedures and products
- Re-chambering a burned-out barrel
- Youth rifle cartridges
BROWNING'S X-BOLT MICRO COMPOSITE
Compact, ergonomic, accurate, and reliable, this outstanding small rifle is not just a beginner's tool—it's a quality hunting rifle that will last a lifetime.
- Action specs and function
- Stock type and configuration
- Barrel type, length, and configuration
- Trigger type and adjustment
- Smooth-functioning bolt
- Cartridge choices for kids and western big game
- Setting up for maximum capablity
- Picking the right optic
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| 0:00.0 | Although we often think about really good accurate riflemanship in the field as adults, |
| 0:09.7 | as accomplished hunters,, this is a critical characteristic or aspect of the new |
| 0:18.9 | hunter experience. If a young hunter or a new hunter shoots well and kills cleanly on his or her first hunt, |
| 0:28.0 | it's much more likely to be a good experience than if they miss or much worse wound an animal |
| 0:36.1 | and either never recover it or struggle to recover it. Either of those occurrences can leave a sour taste in the mouth of a new |
| 0:47.8 | hunter. So today I want to talk to you about a little rifle that's an outstanding entry-level rifle for a kid or a small-framed |
| 0:59.7 | shooter. I'm not talking about entry level in terms of price. It's not a super cheap rifle. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm talking about in terms of size and capability. |
| 1:11.0 | Something that a kid or a very small-framed shooter, hunter, can handle comfortably, |
| 1:17.9 | and also that's accurate, reliable, ergonomic, and shootable enough that it will enable that young or small |
| 1:27.6 | shooter to make good clean shots, it's Browning's X-bolt micro hunter and we're going to dig into it and take |
| 1:38.7 | a look at all of the nitty gritty details. First though, let's go to our Q&A section. I've got a couple |
| 1:46.4 | of cool questions here for you. This one came on the email from a listener |
| 1:52.4 | we'll just call Adam and he wrote this. First of all love |
| 1:58.0 | the podcast. I've been enjoying your topics and level of depth you go into, very informative, wondering what your |
| 2:06.0 | typical barrel cleaning process is and favorite products, what do you like and |
| 2:11.7 | what do you avoid? |
| 2:13.0 | Also, what are your thoughts on removing copper from a barrel? |
| 2:18.0 | I used to listen to a YouTube guy who ran episodes called Sniper 101, super nerdy with a ton of information. |
| 2:26.2 | He mentions leaving a level of copper in the barrel to maintain consistency and accuracy. Just thought I'd get your perspective. Okay, so this is kind of a |
| 2:36.9 | cool question with multiple different facets and here's my response to Adam. I'll add a little bit to this as well. I rolled back and said |
| 2:46.0 | check out episode 110. While titled Barrel Break-In, it actually details the cleaning process I use and the products I prefer. |
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