How effective is your Browning BOSS System ?

[isntzen]

Browning says this system allows your rifle to be tuned to various loads to optimize precision shooting. Have these claims been proven in your experience? Or are they hype? Do you know if there are any similar devices not produced by Browning?

[smittty]

Its great at making everyone at the range hate you!

The noise level from that thing is just stupid.

My friends regular A-bolt was equally accurate as mine with boss. We'd regularly cover all three holes with a quarter. We both used the same federal hunting ammo.

I sold the rifle, and honestly feel like it was just a gimmick.

[az_shootist]

The BOSS's work absolutely great. Its performance will only be as good as your rounds, but it let's you tune your rifle to a particular load rather than forcing you to work up loads to each rifle. I have 2 .300 WMs with BOSS's. The benefit of the BOSS is that I can use a single lot of ammo with both rifles. To make the most of it, I suggest you figure out the brand/load of ammo you intend to use, then buy a case of it. While there are other factors at play than the BOSS, I can get 3/4 MOA out of both rifles. The BOSS allowed me to dial than in from 1 3/4 MOA.

My one gripe is they only provide "sweet spots" for a couple bullet weights in each caliber.

[smittty]

I wouldn't consider one again.

Even cheap rifles today are accurate. No need for that level of noise!

[az_shootist]

That brings up another point. The BOSS performs two functions: acts as a break and tunes barrel harmonics. The felt recoil on my 300 WMs is reduced substantially (dare I say to .223 levels) with the break. It is incredibly effective on large calibers for recoil reduction. The down side is muzzle noise directed to the sides and back at the shooter. Not a huge issue when you are at the range and wearing hearing protection, but definitely an issue when pulling off a quick shot in a hunting situation without hearing protection. For this reason, you can get BOSS attachments with or without the break feature. You can interchange them to keep the harmonics benefits, but are not required to always use the break option.

[isntzen]

Its great at making everyone at the range hate you!

The noise level from that thing is just stupid.

My friends regular A-bolt was equally accurate as mine with boss. We'd regularly cover all three holes with a quarter. We both used the same federal hunting ammo.

So I assumed you were using the muzzle Break version of the boss system. Do you think this would be true of the holeless version of the device?

[JackEllis]

The down side is muzzle noise directed to the sides and back at the shooter. Not a huge issue when you are at the range and wearing hearing protection,

Not a huge issue for the shooter at teh range perhaps, but it's a big issue for those on either side. The noise is bad. The redirected muzzle blast is unpleasant, and that's being polite.

[hambam105]

State-of-the-Art 1996.
What has the Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System been doing for you lately?

[isntzen]

State-of-the-Art 1996.
What has the Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System been doing for you lately?

Meh, the latest and greatest is usually overrated. The boss system either works well, or works well enough, or it doesn't work. That's what I'm hoping to determine here. When it was invented is not at all germaine or important. The implementation of rifled barrels has changed very little over the last hundred and fifty years for instance.

[isntzen]

Not a huge issue for the shooter at teh range perhaps, but it's a big issue for those on either side. The noise is bad. The redirected muzzle blast is unpleasant, and that's being polite.

Again, I'm wondering if you have any experience with the standard version as opposed to the muzzle brake version ...

[hambam105]

Meh, the latest and greatest is usually overrated.... .

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.

Always give the Customer the opportunity to spend more.

[LynnJr]

If you want to shoot world class groups with a somewhat skinny barrel(0.930 at the muzzle) you need 6-11 ounces on the muzzle to control it consistently.
For the larger barrels 1.450 you need 48-52 ounces.
I have not used the Boss in many many years but tuners work well enough that the smallest group ever fired was done with a tuner.
They can't cure a bad barrel or correct for bad bedding or fix bad ammo but they do get you all the accuracy your combination is capable of.

[hambam105]

That is News to me.
The BOSS must have served some kind of purpose and apparently the Benchrest shooters found a use for one. Thanks LynnJr

[isntzen]

If you want to shoot world class groups with a somewhat skinny barrel(0.930 at the muzzle) you need 6-11 ounces on the muzzle to control it consistently.
For the larger barrels 1.450 you need 48-52 ounces.
I have not used the Boss in many many years but tuners work well enough that the smallest group ever fired was done with a tuner.
They can't cure a bad barrel or correct for bad bedding or fix bad ammo but they do get you all the accuracy your combination is capable of.

Wow.
Yes sir, my sincere thanks for this highly useful information.

[CptDan]

My experience with a barrel harmonics dampener is that it did work for one particular load really well. But change one variable powder or bullet weight and it's another ballgame. Browning did it for hunters that generally shot 1 particular round while hunting.