Browning Brings Back the AB3 Rifle

Browning is bringing back its AB3 bolt-action rifle to give shooters a value-packed rifle that maintains Browning’s legendary quality and accuracy at an affordable price for hunters and shooters. The new AB3 features a composite stock and a matte-blued finish on its receiver and barrel.

Other Browning AB3 features include a 60-degree bolt lift, a detachable-box magazine, top-tang safety, bolt-lock override button, free-floating barrel, and an Inflex Technology recoil pad. The AB3 weighs an average of six pounds, 13 ounces in standard calibers, and seven pounds, three ounces in magnum calibers.

The new AB3 is available in .270 Winchester and .30-06 Springfield, and sports a 22-inch barrel. The 7mm Remington Magnum and 300 Winchester Magnum versions of the AB3 carry a 26-inch barrel. For more information on the AB3, visit Browning at www.browning.com or call (801) 876-3331.

Patrick Durkin

Patrick Durkin of Waupaca, Wisconsin, is a longtime outdoor writer, editor and newspaper columnist. He is a contributing writer and editor for the Archery Trade Association; and his articles appear frequently in American Hunter, Archery Business, Predator Xtreme and Quality Whitetails magazines. His award-winning weekly newspaper column appears in the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Wisconsin Outdoor News, Wisconsin State Journal, Oshkosh Northwestern, Watertown Daily Times, Ladysmith News, Bloomer Advance, Chetek Alert and Barron News Shield.