so who loves a BLR?

so you will sell it because its not abusable.. well that makes sense to me only because its a 223 and not legal to hunt.
otherwise i find these guns rugged and quite so.

a stainless model would be great for that issue. but i like the fact mine is heavily blued atm
 
Had a very late production steel receiver BLR which I bought new. Took it hunting a few times, then sold it. It shot well, and I liked it, but it was too shiny. I spent far too much time trying to avoid scratches, scrapes and dents when I had it out in the field ... kind of ruined my fun, so it had to go.
 
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my 308 BLR mixed in with a few of my other levers. " all great in their own right!"

I've always been a leaver fan.

started off witha cooey single 22 "was shot out bigtime" then had that win leaver 22 handed down from my dad when i was a kid.

its still dead on and never jams!
 
leonard said:
well - 308 blr here
stock winchester cheap ammo
max 1/2 " group @ 100m.

I honestly bought a bunch of reloading supplies when i got this rifle... and have seen no reason to use them other than larger rounds.

but pretty easy just buying boxed 150 grain win @ 1/2 in groups and killing my deer right? no kick no fuss no muss.

best over all rifle ive had yet "for hunting" . and i own plenty its good in a hold / range / close / far(ish) / feels great to shoulder and fast to reload ... and it has a magazine also which is a bonus for a hunting rifle.
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absolutely! Those HDM's are the best thing going!;)
 
The Outsider said:
It's just a replica SA
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how many rifles will the rack hold? Did you make it yourself? Back in the early 80's when storage wasn't a problem, hell it wasn't even talked about back then, I built a 21 rifle rack, 3 sections of 7 rifles. I did it in the living room, took me 30 days, worked on it all day everyday. I had a jar of some special kitchen cabinet stain (lanolien, I believe) leftover, so I used that to stain it a nice darkish tone which showed the wood grain very nicely. Then storage rules became and this was no longer a way to keep the guns, so I converted it to a book shelf. It now sits in storage in the 53ft van trailer out back. It won't fit into the basement, it is so long and high and won't make it around some corners and down the stairs. We have to repaint the living room one of these yrs, so I hope to move it in there afterwards.
 
Any of you BLR lovers ever take one apart - and put it back together?
Hated it when someone brought a broken one into the shop - or brought one in, in pieces.
 
To the OP you have chosen an excellent fast handling, nice carrying, hard hitting lever action Big game rifle. Mine, a BLR81 I carried for 25 seasons '86-2010 is gone now, the only thing I like to carry better for balance was a short Marlin lever which I just purchased again. Mine was .308Win and it was decisive on all the deer it was fired at. Your 7mm/08 should be the same.
Most post here seem to have a lot better shooters in the accuracy department than mine ever was.

It was a 2.5-3MOA rifle with factory Winchester Silver Tip 150gr ammo, and I got it down to 1.25"-1.5" with my 165 gr Hornady Interlocks over 46.5grs WW748/CCI250.
A stout thumper on deer but the most accurate out of my barrel from the bench so a good combo for sure. I always called the flat base spire points(Interlock) the poor man's premium bullet for it's results on Deer.
As with a lot of BLR's I've heard commented on in .308Win,.. the first two from a cold barrel were identical twins and the third round for the 3 shot group always opened the group considerably. Seems the lesser(smaller diameter guns were better groupers than the .308 guns. So if two round groups are worth talking about, mine sub MOA at times too.

For the heavy trigger and controlling it on the bench, I would hold my three fingers around the outside of the lever with a high purchase on the stock and take the trigger into the second joint, using the mechanical advantage this produces while compressing the whole hand along with a long finger movement, to give good pull-offs.. YMMV
 
While on the topic of the fine BLR's and not trying to sidetrack the OP's thread, so apologies in advance,...but does anyone have or had the lightweight in stainless with the short 18" bbl in .358Win???
 
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