As can be seen power is the rationale here…ĭue to its take-down ability, the locking mechanism, which on the fixed barrel models is a block pinned into the front of the action with the barrel screwed down onto it, has been moved to the chamber extension. Overall calibre choice covers the following 270 WSM, 300 WM, 308 W, 30-06, 358 W and 450 Marlin.
Browning serial numbers 300 win mag plus#
Plus the standard (fixed barrel) Light Weight and the Take-Down. The BLR 81 Lite has now gone with just the Battue, which is a short barrelled boar buster in 300 Win Mag only. What remains the same is the black alloy receiver and elegant but rather fragile satin/varnish finish on the walnut.Ĭhecking out Browning’s website shows that they have cut back on the BLR and now only offer three versions.
Browning serial numbers 300 win mag full#
The major changes are the full pistol grip stock with right hand palm swell, rounder/wider semi Schnabel forend, longer, 23 ½ ” barrel and the fact the gun can be broken down into a compact package quickly and easily. New for 2008, and now just in my hands in Jan 2009, is the BLR Light Weight Take Down, with first impressions being a much nicer rifle than my older 81 Lite. However, it fires a highly effective cartridge, points and swings well and offers quick back up shots with no loss of the firing position if required. OK it’s a bit kicky and not the thing you would want to shoot tight groups with at long range. I have a BLR 81 Lite with a straight-hand butt and slim, square forend chambered in 300 WSM, which makes a very handy running game gun. In essence you have a semi classic build with a fast and practical mechanism certainly for a manually operated rifle. Yet it offers a proper box magazine and a gear-driven rotary bolt, which is not unlike that of the AR15. What sets the design apart is its blend of ‘old and new’ looks and technology, as it has an external hammer and no safety catch with more than a hint of the old Winchester 1887 lever-action shotgun and 1895 rifle about it. The BLR has been with us for quite some time and gone through a few changes, but is recognised today as the only mechanism of its type that is chambered for proper magnum calibres. With Browning’s striking and slightly unusual BLR (Browning Leveraction Rifle) being the only survivor and still currently in production. To my knowledge only four box mag examples have been produced and of these only one exists today, as the elegant Winchester 1895, Savage 99C and the unusual Ruger 96/44 have all fallen by the wayside. Feed-wise the standard build goes for a fixed, under-barrel tube mag that loads through the side of the action. First appearing in the mid/late 1800s and made famous by Winchester and Marlin, it has had a long and fruitful life. The lever-action rifle is a curious beast and as a design pretty much 99.9% American in concept and execution. Looking for some serious firepower in a slick and practical package? If so Pete Moore says check out Browning’s Take-Down lever action rifle
0 kommentar(er)
