Sporting Shooter

Browning X-Bolt Hell’s Canyon 26 Nosler

"HELL'S Canyon", now there's a name to conjure with! But this is a serious hunting rifle designed to be easy to carry in the roughest, steepest terrain. The name befits the rifle's intended purpose. It was named after a 10 milewide canyon located along the border of eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and western Idaho, that's part of the Hell's Canyon National Recreation Area. With steep walls rising vertically above the Snake River, it is North America's deepest river gorge where hunting is done the hard way by Shanks' pony, carrying the rifle slung on your shoulder.

The X-Bolt Speed is one of the coolest mountain rifles I've laid eyes on in recent years. It was designed to fill a growing demand for precision high-country mountain rifles in flat shooting magnum calibres capable of reaching out across wide gullies and open plains country to down big game. It has all the desirable features needed to carry out its intended purpose: light enough to hump up mountains (8lbs with a scope), accurate enough to make precise hits at long ranges,

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