stagpanther
New member
Hunting friend had a good year in business and I happened to find him where I shoot with a couple of new rifles. Last season he was sporting an old wooden browning in 30-06--I was shocked to see he's gone ultra-modern high tech.
I got to examine and fire a Seekins precsion Havak element in 300 win mag SS and a browning x-bolt in 6.8 western. Both rifles feature the latest in high tech digital camo carbon fiber stocks and fluted barrels and bolts. Both are very light weight--the seekins especially so. The seekins had no muzzle device, so as you might expect it's a bit of a bang firing at around 3,000 fps 180 gr bullet, not something I would want to do all day out of a rifle that weighs 6 lbs. A beautiful made gun and shoots well, though I couldn't see me buying one unless I was going to have to do many miles on foot along with very heavy gear or game drag-out. But the x-bolt is what really caught my fancy--or more accurately it's pairing with the 6.8 western, which I really consider to be "270 WSM Improved." Very nice handling and shooting rifle which I would seriously consider if I didn't already have a 270 WSM--and also found a a few thousand dollars in my sock drawer that I had forgotten about.
I got to examine and fire a Seekins precsion Havak element in 300 win mag SS and a browning x-bolt in 6.8 western. Both rifles feature the latest in high tech digital camo carbon fiber stocks and fluted barrels and bolts. Both are very light weight--the seekins especially so. The seekins had no muzzle device, so as you might expect it's a bit of a bang firing at around 3,000 fps 180 gr bullet, not something I would want to do all day out of a rifle that weighs 6 lbs. A beautiful made gun and shoots well, though I couldn't see me buying one unless I was going to have to do many miles on foot along with very heavy gear or game drag-out. But the x-bolt is what really caught my fancy--or more accurately it's pairing with the 6.8 western, which I really consider to be "270 WSM Improved." Very nice handling and shooting rifle which I would seriously consider if I didn't already have a 270 WSM--and also found a a few thousand dollars in my sock drawer that I had forgotten about.